The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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1 Give thanks to ADONAI; for he is good, for his grace continues forever.
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O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let those redeemed by ADONAI say it, those he redeemed from the power of the foe.
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Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 He gathered them from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
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And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They wandered in the desert, on paths through the wastes, without finding any inhabited city.
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They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 They were hungry and thirsty, their life was ebbing away.
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Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 In their trouble they cried to ADONAI, and he rescued them from their distress.
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Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 He led them by a direct path to a city where they could live.
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And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Let them give thanks to ADONAI for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!
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Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For he has satisfied the hungry, filled the starving with good.
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For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Some lived in darkness, in death-dark gloom, bound in misery and iron chains,
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Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 because they defied God's word, scorned the counsel of the Most High.
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Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 So he humbled their hearts by hard labor; when they stumbled, no one came to their aid.
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Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 In their trouble they cried to ADONAI, and he rescued them from their distress.
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Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He led them from darkness, from death-dark gloom, shattering their chains.
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Let them give thanks to ADONAI for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!
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Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16 For he shattered bronze doors and cut through iron bars.
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For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 There were foolish people who suffered affliction because of their crimes and sins;
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Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 they couldn't stand to eat anything; they were near the gates of death.
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Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 In their trouble they cried to ADONAI, and he rescued them from their distress;
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Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
20 he sent his word and healed them, he delivered them from destruction.
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He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
21 Let them give thanks to ADONAI for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!
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Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and proclaim his great deeds with songs of joy.
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And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,
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They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 saw the works of ADONAI, his wonders in the deep.
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These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For at his word the storm-wind arose, lifting up towering waves.
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For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 The sailors were raised up to the sky, then plunged into the depths. At the danger, their courage failed them,
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They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27 they reeled and staggered like drunk men, and all their skill was swallowed up.
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They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
28 In their trouble they cried to ADONAI, and he rescued them from their distress.
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Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He silenced the storm and stilled its waves,
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He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 and they rejoiced as the sea grew calm. Then he brought them safely to their desired port.
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Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks to ADONAI for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!
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Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them extol him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the leaders' council.
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Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33 He turns rivers into desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
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He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
34 productive land into salt flats, because the people living there are so wicked.
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A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 But he also turns desert into pools of water, dry land into flowing springs;
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He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36 there he gives the hungry a home, and they build a city to live in;
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And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 there they sow fields and plant vineyards, which yield an abundant harvest.
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And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesses them, their numbers grow, and he doesn't let their livestock decrease.
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He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 When their numbers fall, and they grow weak, because of oppression, disaster and sorrow,
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Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 he pours contempt on princes and leaves them to wander in trackless wastes.
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He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 But the needy he raises up from their distress and increases their families like sheep.
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Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
42 When the upright see this, they rejoice; while the wicked are reduced to silence.
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The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Let whoever is wise observe these things and consider ADONAI's loving deeds.
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Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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