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Yahweh Saves in Times of Trouble

¹ Oh ^(C1)give thanks to Yahweh, for ^(C2)He is good,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

² Let ^(C1)the redeemed of Yahweh say so,
Whom He has ^(C2)redeemed from the hand of the adversary

³ And ^(C1)gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the ^(F1)south.

⁴ They ^(C1)wandered in the wilderness along the way of the wasteland;
They did not find an inhabited ^(C2)city.

⁵ Hungry ^(F1)and thirsty,
Their ^(C1)soul fainted within them.

⁶ Then they ^(C1)cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;
He delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷ He led them by a ^(F1)(C1)straight way,
To go to ^(C2)an inhabited city.

^8 (C1)Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,
And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

⁹ For He has ^(C1)satisfied the ^(F1)thirsty soul,
And the ^(C2)hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

¹⁰ There were those who ^(C1)inhabited darkness and the shadow of death,
^(C2)Prisoners in affliction and irons,

¹¹ Because they had ^(C1)rebelled against the words of God
And ^(C2)spurned the ^(C3)counsel of the Most High.

¹² So He subdued their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was ^(C1)none to help.

¹³ Then they ^(C1)cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.

¹⁴ He ^(C1)brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death
And ^(C2)broke their bands apart.

^15 (C1)Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,
And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

¹⁶ For He has ^(C1)shattered the doors of bronze
And cut through the bars of iron.

^17 (F1)Ignorant fools, because of their way of transgression,
And ^(C1)because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

¹⁸ Their ^(C1)soul abhorred all kinds of food,
And they ^(C2)reached the ^(C3)gates of death.

¹⁹ Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.

²⁰ He ^(C1)sent His word and ^(C2)healed them,
And ^(C3)provided them escape from their ^(F1)destructions.

^21 (C1)Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,
And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

²² Let them also offer ^(C1)sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And ^(C2)recount His works with joyful singing.

²³ Those who ^(C1)go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on many waters;

²⁴ They have seen the works of Yahweh,
And His wondrous deeds in the deep.

²⁵ He ^(C1)spoke and set up a ^(C2)stormy wind,
Which ^(C3)raised up the waves ^(F1)of the sea.

²⁶ They went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;
Their soul ^(C1)melted away in the ^(F1)calamity.

²⁷ They staggered and ^(C1)swayed like a drunken man,
And all their wisdom was swallowed up.

²⁸ Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.

²⁹ He ^(C1)caused the storm to stand still,
So that its waves were hushed.

³⁰ Then they were glad because they were quiet,
So He led them to their desired haven.

^31 (C1)Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,
And for His ^(C2)wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

³² Let them ^(C1)exalt Him also ^(C2)in the assembly of the people,
And ^(C3)praise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³ He ^(F1)(C1)makes rivers into a ^(F2)wilderness
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

³⁴ A ^(C1)fruitful land into a ^(C2)salt waste,
Because of the evil of those who inhabited it.

³⁵ He ^(C1)makes a wilderness into a pool of water
And a dry land into springs of water;

³⁶ And there He causes the hungry to inhabit,
So that they may establish ^(C1)an inhabited city,

³⁷ And sow fields and ^(C1)plant vineyards,
And produce a fruitful harvest.

³⁸ Also He blesses them and they ^(C1)multiply greatly,
And He ^(C2)does not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹ But when they ^(C1)decrease and are ^(C2)bowed down
Through oppression, evil, and sorrow,

⁴⁰ He ^(C1)pours contempt upon nobles
And ^(C2)makes them wander ^(C3)in a pathless void.

⁴¹ But He ^(C1)sets the needy ^(F1)securely on high away from affliction,
And ^(C2)makes his families like a flock.

⁴² The ^(C1)upright see it and are glad;
But all ^(C2)unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

⁴³ Who is ^(C1)wise? Let him keep these things,
And carefully consider the ^(C2)lovingkindnesses of Yahweh.