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¹ BOOK V O give thanks to Yahweh; For he is good; For his loving-kindness [endures] forever.² Let the redeemed of Yahweh say [so], Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,³ And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the west.⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.⁵ Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.⁶ Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,⁷ He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.⁸ Oh that men would praise Yahweh for his loving-kindness, And for his wonderful works to the sons of man!⁹ For he satisfies the longing soul, And the hungry soul he fills with good.

¹⁰ Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,¹¹ Because they rebelled against the words of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High:¹² Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.¹³ Then they cried to Yahweh 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 bonds in sunder.¹⁵ Oh that men would praise Yahweh for his loving-kindness, And for his wonderful works to the sons of man!¹⁶ For he has broken the gates of bronze, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

¹⁷ Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.¹⁸ Their soul is disgusted by all manner of food; And they draw near to the gates of death.¹⁹ Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, And he saves them out of their distresses.²⁰ He sends his word, and heals them, And delivers [them] from their destructions.²¹ Oh that men would praise Yahweh for his loving-kindness, And for his wonderful works to the sons of man!²² And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.

²³ Those that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;²⁴ These see the works of Yahweh, 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 heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melts away because of trouble.²⁷ They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunk man, And are at their wits' end.²⁸ Then they cry to Yahweh 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 they are glad because they are quiet; So he brings them to their desired haven.³¹ Oh that men would praise Yahweh for his loving-kindness, And for his wonderful works to the sons of man!³² Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.

³³ He turns rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;³⁴ A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of those that dwell therein.³⁵ He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.³⁶ And there he makes the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,³⁷ And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get fruits of increase.³⁸ He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he does not allow their cattle to decrease.³⁹ Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.⁴⁰ He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.⁴¹ Yet he sets the needy on high from affliction, And makes [him] families like a flock.⁴² The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.⁴³ Whoever is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the loving-kindnesses of Yahweh.