Oh agive thanks to the LORD, for bHe is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
2Let athe redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has bredeemed from the hand of the adversary
3And agathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the 1south.
4They awandered in the wilderness in a 1desert region; They did not find a way to 2an inhabited bcity.
5They were hungry 1and thirsty; Their asoul fainted within them.
6Then they acried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses.
7He led them also by a 1 astraight way, To go to 2 ban inhabited city.
8aLet them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His 1wonders to the sons of men!
9For He has asatisfied the 1thirsty soul, And the bhungry soul He has filled with what is good.
10There were those who adwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, bPrisoners in 1misery and 2chains,
11Because they had arebelled against the words of God And bspurned the ccounsel of the Most High.
12Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was anone to help.
13Then they acried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.
14He abrought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And bbroke their bands apart.
15aLet them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His 1wonders to the sons of men!
16For He has ashattered gates of bronze And cut bars of iron asunder.
17Fools, because of 1their rebellious way, And abecause of their iniquities, were afflicted.
18Their asoul abhorred all kinds of food, And they bdrew near to the cgates of death.
19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.
20He asent His word and bhealed them, And cdelivered them from their 1destructions.
21aLet them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His 1wonders to the sons of men!
22Let them also offer asacrifices of thanksgiving, And btell of His works with joyful singing.
23Those who ago down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters;
24They have seen the works of the LORD, And His 1wonders in the deep.
25For He aspoke and raised up a bstormy wind, Which clifted up the waves 1of the sea.
26They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul amelted away in their misery.
27They reeled and astaggered like a drunken man, And 1were at their wits' end.
28Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.
29He acaused the storm to be still, So that the waves 1of the sea were hushed.
30Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He guided them to their desired haven.
31aLet them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His 1 bwonders to the sons of men!
32Let them aextol Him also bin the congregation of the people, And cpraise Him at the seat of the elders.
33He 1 achanges rivers into a 2wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
34A afruitful land into a bsalt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35He 1 achanges a 2wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;
36And there He makes the hungry to dwell, So that they may establish 1 aan inhabited city,
37And sow fields and aplant vineyards, And 1gather a fruitful harvest.
38Also He blesses them and they amultiply greatly, And He bdoes not let their cattle decrease.
39When they are adiminished and bbowed down Through oppression, misery and sorrow,
40He apours contempt upon 1princes And bmakes them wander cin a pathless waste.
41But He asets the needy 1securely on high away from affliction, And bmakes his families like a flock.
42The aupright see it and are glad; But all bunrighteousness shuts its mouth.
43Who is awise? Let him give heed to these things, And consider the blovingkindnesses of the LORD.