Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
1 "Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good; his love is eternal!"
1
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2 Repeat these words in praise to the Lord, all you whom he has saved. He has rescued you from your enemies
2
Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 and has brought you back from foreign countries, from east and west, from north and south.
3
those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
4 Some wandered in the trackless desert and could not find their way to a city to live in.
4
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty and had given up all hope.
5
They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then in their trouble they called to the Lord, and he saved them from their distress.
6
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.