| 1 | Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever. |
| 2 | Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the oppressor, |
| 3 | And gathered out of the countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea. |
| 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 unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses, |
| 7 | And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. |
| 8 | Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men; |
| 9 | For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good. |
| 10 | Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron, |
| 11 | Because they had rebelled against the words of uGod, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ... |
| 12 | And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help: |
| 13 | Then they cried unto Jehovah 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 bands in sunder. |
| 15 | Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men; |
| 16 | For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron. |
| 17 | Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted; |
| 18 | Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death: |
| 19 | Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses; |
| 20 | He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their destructions. |
| 21 | Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men, |
| 22 | And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works in joyful song. |
| 23 | They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, |
| 24 | These see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep. |
| 25 | For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof: |
| 26 | They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble; |
| 27 | They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end: |
| 28 | Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses; |
| 29 | He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still: |
| 30 | And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven. |
| 31 | Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men; |
| 32 | Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the session of the elders. |
| 33 | He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground; |
| 34 | A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. |
| 35 | He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs; |
| 36 | And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation; |
| 37 | And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase; |
| 38 | And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease. |
| 39 | And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow: |
| 40 | He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste; |
| 41 | But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like flocks. |
| 42 | The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth. |
| 43 | Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them understand the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah. |
