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¹ BOOK THE FIFTHO give thanks to Yahweh - For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.² Let the redeemed of Yahweh say, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;³ And, out of the lands, hath gathered them - From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.⁴ They wandered about in the desert - in a waste, Way to a city to dwell in, found they none;⁵ Hungry - yea thirsty, their soul, within them, fainted:⁶ Then made they outcry to Yahweh, in their peril, Out of their distresses, he rescued them;⁷ And led them by a straight road, That they might journey to a city to dwell in.⁸ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men;⁹ For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good.

¹⁰ The dwellers in darkness and death-shade, bound with oppression and iron;¹¹ Because they had rebelled against the sayings of GOD, - and, the counsel of the Most High, they had spurned;¹² And he bowed down, with labour, their heart, They staggered, with no one to help,¹³ Then made they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, Out of their distresses, he saved them;¹⁴ He brought them forth out of darkness and death-shade, and, their fetters, he tare off.¹⁵ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!¹⁶ For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And, the bars of iron, he hewed asunder.

¹⁷ The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted;¹⁸ All manner of food, their soul abhorreth, and so they draw near unto the gates of death,¹⁹ Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he saveth them.²⁰ He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their graves.²¹ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!²² Yea let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount his works with a shout.

²³ Men who go down to the sea, in ships, doing business through mighty waters;²⁴ They, see the works of Yahweh, and his wonders in the deep;²⁵ And he speaketh, and there ariseth a tempestuous wind, which lifteth on high its rolling waves;²⁶ They mount the heavens, they descend the roaring deeps, their soul, by trouble, dissolveth;²⁷ They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed,²⁸ Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he bringeth them forth,²⁹ He calmeth the storm to a whisper, and silent are their rolling waves:³⁰ Then are they glad, because they are hushed, And he guideth them unto their desired haven.³¹ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!³² Yea let them extol him in the convocation of the people, and, in the seated company of elders, let them praise him.

³³ He turneth Rivers into a desert, and, Springs of Water, into thirsty ground,³⁴ A Land of Fruit, into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein.³⁵ He turneth A Desert, into a pool of water, and, A Parched Land into springs of water;³⁶ And hath caused the famished to dwell there, And they have built them a city to dwell in;³⁷ And have sown fields, and planted vineyards, and made them fruits of increase:³⁸ Thus hath he blessed them, and they have multiplied greatly, And, their cattle, he maketh not few.³⁹ So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow;⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;⁴¹ But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock: - ⁴² The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth.⁴³ Who is wise? then let him observe these things! and diligently consider the lovingkindness of Yahweh.