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¹ O GIVE thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.² Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,³ And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the islands in the sea.⁴ They were lost in the wilderness in a place without water; they found not the right way to an inhabited town.⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.⁶ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,⁷ And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to inhabited villages.⁸ Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him; for his mercies are upon the children of men!⁹ For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness,

¹⁰ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;¹¹ Because they murmured against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the most High;¹² Therefore he brought down their hearts with labor; they became weak and there was none to help.¹³ Then they prayed to the LORD in their trouble and he saved them out of their distresses.¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands asunder.¹⁵ Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him; for his mercies are upon the children of men.¹⁶ For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron asunder.

¹⁷ He helped them out of the way of their sins, he relieved them of their afflictions.¹⁸ Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.¹⁹ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.²⁰ He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.²¹ Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him, for his mercies are upon the children of men!²² Sacrifice to him the sacrifices of praise, and glorify him, O you, his servants, for his wonders.

²³ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,²⁴ These see the works of the LORD and his wonders in the deep.²⁵ For he commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves thereof.²⁶ They mount up to the sky; then they go down again to the depths; their soul is troubled within them.²⁷ They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end.²⁸ Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble and he brings them out of their distresses.²⁹ He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.³⁰ Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he brings them to their desired haven.³¹ Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him; for his mercies are upon the children of men.³² Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

³³ He turns rivers into a wilderness and the water-springs into dry ground,³⁴ A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.³⁵ He turns the wilderness into pools of water and dry land into watersprings.³⁶ And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may build villages and settle,³⁷ And sow the fields and plant vineyards, and eat of the fruits thereof.³⁸ He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers not their cattle to decrease.³⁹ Again, they are diminished and humbled through oppression, affliction, and misery.⁴⁰ He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.⁴¹ He strengthens the poor and he multiplies their families like a flock.⁴² The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; and all the ungodly shall shut their mouths.⁴³ Whosoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.