GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.
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Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy 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 say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
3 and gathered from other countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
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And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
4 They wandered around the desert on a deserted road without finding an inhabited city.
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They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; They found no city to dwell in.
5 They were hungry and thirsty. They began to lose hope.
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Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
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 out of their distresses.
7 He led them on a road that went straight to an inhabited city.
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And He led them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
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Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
9 He gave plenty to drink to those who were thirsty. He filled those who were hungry with good food.
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For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
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Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Bound in affliction and irons--
11 because they had rebelled against God's words and had despised the advice given by the Most High.
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Because they rebelled against the words of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High,
12 So he humbled them with hard work. They fell down, but no one was there to help them.
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Therefore He brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.
13 In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He saved them from their troubles.
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Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of the dark, out of death's shadow. He broke apart their chains.
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their chains in pieces.
15 Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
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Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
16 He shattered bronze gates and cut iron bars in two.
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For He has broken the gates of bronze, And cut the bars of iron in two.
17 Fools suffered because of their disobedience and because of their crimes.
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Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
18 All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.
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Their soul abhorred all manner of food, And they drew near to the gates of death.
19 In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He saved them from their troubles.
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Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his message and healed them. He rescued them from the grave.
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He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.
21 Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
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Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
22 Let them bring songs of thanksgiving as their sacrifice. Let them tell in joyful songs what he has done.
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Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare His works with rejoicing.
23 Those who sail on the sea in ships, who do business on the high seas,
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Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters,
24 have seen what the LORD can do, the miracles he performed in the depths of the sea.
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They see the works of the Lord, And His wonders in the deep.
25 He spoke, and a storm began to blow, and it made the waves rise high.
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For He commands and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up the waves of the sea.
26 The sailors aboard ship rose toward the sky. They plunged into the depths. Their courage melted in [the face of] disaster.
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They mount up to the heavens, They go down again to the depths; Their soul melts because of trouble.
27 They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless.
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They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
28 In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He led them from their troubles.
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Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble, And He brings them out of their distresses.
29 He made the storm calm down, and the waves became still.
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He calms the storm, So that its waves are still.
30 The sailors were glad that the storm was quiet. He guided them to the harbor they had longed for.
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Then they are glad because they are quiet; So He guides them to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
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Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them glorify him when the people are gathered for worship. Let them praise him in the company of respected leaders.
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Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, And praise Him in the company of the elders.
33 He changes rivers into a desert, springs into thirsty ground,
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He turns rivers into a wilderness, And the watersprings into dry ground;
34 and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.
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A fruitful land into barrenness, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35 He changes deserts into lakes and dry ground into springs.
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He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into watersprings.
36 There he settles those who are hungry, and they build cities to live in.
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There He makes the hungry dwell, That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,
37 They plant in fields and vineyards that produce crops.
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And sow fields and plant vineyards, That they may yield a fruitful harvest.
38 He blesses them, and their numbers multiply, and he does not allow a shortage of cattle.
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He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease.
39 They became few in number and were humiliated because of oppression, disaster, and sorrow.
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When they are diminished and brought low Through oppression, affliction and sorrow,
40 He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert.
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He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
41 But now he lifts needy people high above suffering and makes their families like flocks.
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Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, And makes their families like a flock.
42 Decent people will see this and rejoice, but all the wicked people will shut their mouths.
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The righteous see it and rejoice, And all iniquity stops its mouth.
43 Let those who [think] they are wise pay attention to these things so that they may understand the LORD's blessings.
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Whoever is wise will observe these things, And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.