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[1]Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.
[2]Let them say so who have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
[3]and gathered them out of the countries, from the east, and west, and north, and south.
[4]They wandered in the wilderness in a dry land; they found no way to a city of habitation.
[5]Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
[6]Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
[7]And he guided them into a straight path, that they might go to a city of habitation.
[8]Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
[9]For he satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things,
[10]even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron;
[11]because they rebelled against the words of God, and provoked the counsel of the Most High.
[12]So their heart was brought low with troubles; they were weak, and there was no helper.
[13]Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses.
[14]And he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds asunder.
[15]Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonders to the children of men.
[16]For he broke to pieces the brazen gates, and crushed the iron bars.
[17]He helped them out of the way of their iniquity; for they were brought low because of their iniquities.
[18]Their soul abhorred all meat; and they drew near to the gates of death.
[19]Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses.
[20]He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them out of their destructions.
[21]Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
[22]And let them offer to him the sacrifice of praise, and proclaim this works with exultation.
[23]They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in many waters;
[24]these men have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
[25]He speaks, and the stormy wind arises, and its waves are lifted up.
[26]They go up to the heavens, and go down to the depths; their soul melts because of troubles.
[27]They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.
[28]Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction, and he brings them out of their distresses.
[29]And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still.
[30]And they are glad, because they are quiet; and he guides them to their desire haven.
[31]Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
[32]Let them exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
[33]He turns rivers into a desert, and streams of water into a dry land;
[34]a fruitful land into saltness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it.
[35]He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into streams of water.
[36]And there he causes the hungry to dwell, and they establish for themselves cities of habitation.
[37]And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and they yield fruit of increase.
[38]And he blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, and he diminishes not the number of their cattle.
[39]Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils and pain.
[40]Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land.
[41]But he helps the poor out of poverty, and makes him families as a flock.
[42]The upright shall see and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
[43]Who is wise, and will observe these things, and understand the mercies of the Lord?
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