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1 "Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his faithful love lasts forever!"
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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2 That's what those who are redeemed by the LORD say, the ones God redeemed 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 the ones God gathered from various countries, from east and west, north and south.
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those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
4 Some of the redeemed had wandered into the desert, into the wasteland. They couldn't find their way to a city or town.
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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; their lives were slipping away.
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They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
6 So they cried out to the LORD in their distress, and God delivered them from their desperate circumstances.
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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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