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| [1]'O give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.' |
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| [2]So let the redeemed of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 say, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary; |
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| [3]And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea. |
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| [4]They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation. |
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| [5]Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. |
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| [6]Then they cried unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. |
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| [7]And He led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation. |
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| [8]Let them give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! |
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| [9]For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good. |
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| [10]Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron— |
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| [11]Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High. |
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| [12]Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help— |
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| [13]They cried unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. |
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| [14]He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder. |
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| [15]Let them give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! |
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| [16]For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. |
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| [17]Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities— |
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| [18]Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death— |
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| [19]They cried unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses; |
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| [20]He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves. |
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| [21]Let them give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! |
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| [22]And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing. |
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| [23]They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters— |
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| [24]These saw the works of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and His wonders in the deep; |
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| [25]For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof; |
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| [26]They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble; |
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| [27]They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up— |
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| [28]They cried unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses. |
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| [29]He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still. |
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| [30]Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven. |
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| [31]Let them give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! |
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| [32]Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders. |
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| [33]He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground; |
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| [34]A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. |
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| [35]He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings. |
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| [36]And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation; |
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| [37]And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase. |
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| [38]He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. |
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| [39]Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow. |
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| [40]He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. |
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| [41]Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock. |
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| [42]The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth. |
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| [43]Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
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