GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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1 Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.
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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2 Let the people the LORD defended repeat these words. They are the people he defended from the power of their enemies
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Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 and gathered from other countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
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those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
4 They wandered around the desert on a deserted road without finding an inhabited city.
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Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty. They began to lose hope.
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They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
6 In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He rescued them from their troubles.
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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
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