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¹ Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.² Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so , whom He redeemed from the hand of the foe;³ and gathered them from the lands; from east and from west; from north and from south.⁴ They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert way; they found no city of dwelling;⁵ hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them;⁶ and they cried to Jehovah in their distress; He delivered them from their straits.⁷ And He guided them in the right way; to go to a city of dwelling.⁸ Let them thank Jehovah for His mercy, and His wonders to the sons of man.⁹ He satisfies the thirsty soul, and He fills the hungry soul with good.

¹⁰ Those who live in the darkness, and in the shadow of death, being prisoners in affliction and iron,¹¹ because they rebelled against the Words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High;¹² and He humbled their heart by toil; they stumbled, and none were helping;¹³ and they cried to Jehovah in their distress; He saved them out of their distresses;¹⁴ He brought them out from darkness and the shadow of death; and He broke their bonds apart.¹⁵ Let them thank Jehovah for His mercy, and His wonders to the sons of man.¹⁶ For He has broken the gates of bronze; and He cut bars of iron in two.

¹⁷ Fools are afflicted from the way of their rebellion, and from their iniquities;¹⁸ their soul hates every food; and they touch the gates of death;¹⁹ and they cried to Jehovah in their distress; He saved them from their straits;²⁰ He sent His Word and healed them; and delivered them from all their pitfalls.²¹ Let them thank Jehovah for His mercy, and His wonders to the sons of man.²² And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount His works with rejoicing.

²³ They who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters;²⁴ these see the works of Jehovah, and His wonders in the deep.²⁵ For He speaks, and He raises stormy wind, and makes its waves high;²⁶ they go up to the heavens; they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because they are in evil;²⁷ they reel and stagger like a drunken man, and all their wisdom is swallowed up;²⁸ and they cry to Jehovah in their distress, and He saves them out of their straits.²⁹ He settles the storm to a whisper, so that its waves are still;³⁰ and they are glad, because they are quiet; and He led them to their desired haven.³¹ Let them thank Jehovah for His mercy, and His wonders to the sons of mankind;³² and exalt Him in the congregation of the people; and praise Him in the seat of the elders.

³³ He sets rivers to a wilderness, and watersprings to thirsty ground;³⁴ a fruitful land to a salty desert; because of the wickedness of those who live in it.³⁵ He puts the wilderness into pools of water; and dry land into water-springs;³⁶ and He makes the hungry live there, and they may prepare a city of dwelling.³⁷ And they sow the fields, and plant vineyards, and make fruits of produce.³⁸ He also blesses them, so that they multiply greatly; and He does not allow their cattle to diminish;³⁹ but they are diminished and bowed down from coercion, evil and grief.⁴⁰ He pours scorn on nobles, and causes them to wander in a desert; there is no path.⁴¹ But He raises the poor up from affliction, and He sets families like a flock.⁴² The upright shall see and be glad; and all iniquity shuts its mouth.⁴³ Whoever is wise and will observe these things , they shall discern the mercies of Jehovah.