| | 1 | Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. | |
| | 2 | Let the redeemed of the LORD say this--those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, | |
| | 3 | those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. | |
| | 4 | Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. | |
| | 5 | They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. | |
| | 6 | Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. | |
| | 7 | He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle. | |
| | 8 | Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, | |
| | 9 | for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. | |
| | 10 | Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains, | |
| | 11 | for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. | |
| | 12 | So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. | |
| | 13 | Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. | |
| | 14 | He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains. | |
| | 15 | Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, | |
| | 16 | for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron. | |
| | 17 | Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. | |
| | 18 | They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death. | |
| | 19 | Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. | |
| | 20 | He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. | |
| | 21 | Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men. | |
| | 22 | Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy. | |
| | 23 | Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters. | |
| | 24 | They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep. | |
| | 25 | For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves. | |
| | 26 | They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away. | |
| | 27 | They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end. | |
| | 28 | Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. | |
| | 29 | He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. | |
| | 30 | They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven. | |
| | 31 | Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men. | |
| | 32 | Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders. | |
| | 33 | He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground, | |
| | 34 | and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there. | |
| | 35 | He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs; | |
| | 36 | there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle. | |
| | 37 | They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest; | |
| | 38 | he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish. | |
| | 39 | Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow; | |
| | 40 | he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste. | |
| | 41 | But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks. | |
| | 42 | The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths. | |
| | 43 | Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD. | |
