The Message Bible MSG
World English Bible WEB
1 Oh, thank God - he's so good! His love never runs out.
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Give thanks to Yahweh, For he is good, For his lovingkindness endures forever.
2 All of you set free by God, tell the world! Tell how he freed you from oppression,
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Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
3 Then rounded you up from all over the place, from the four winds, from the seven seas.
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Gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
4 Some of you wandered for years in the desert, looking but not finding a good place to live,
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They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
5 Half-starved and parched with thirst, staggering and stumbling, on the brink of exhaustion.
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Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
6 Then, in your desperate condition, you called out to God. He got you out in the nick of time;
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Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,
7 He put your feet on a wonderful road that took you straight to a good place to live.
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He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city to live in.
8 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves.
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Let them praise Yahweh for his lovingkindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 He poured great draughts of water down parched throats; the starved and hungry got plenty to eat.
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For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
10 Some of you were locked in a dark cell, cruelly confined behind bars,
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Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
11 Punished for defying God's Word, for turning your back on the High God's counsel -
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Because they rebelled against the words of God, And condemned the counsel of the Most High.
12 A hard sentence, and your hearts so heavy, and not a soul in sight to help.
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Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time.
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Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He led you out of your dark, dark cell, broke open the jail and led you out.
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their bonds in sunder.
15 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;
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Let them praise Yahweh for his lovingkindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!
16 He shattered the heavy jailhouse doors, he snapped the prison bars like matchsticks!
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For he has broken the gates of brass, And cut through bars of iron.
17 Some of you were sick because you'd lived a bad life, your bodies feeling the effects of your sin;
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Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, And because of their iniquities.
18 You couldn't stand the sight of food, so miserable you thought you'd be better off dead.
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Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
19 Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time.
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Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, He saves them out of their distresses.
20 He spoke the word that healed you, that pulled you back from the brink of death.
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He sends his word, and heals them, And delivers them from their graves.
21 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;
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Let them praise Yahweh for his lovingkindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!
22 Offer thanksgiving sacrifices, tell the world what he's done - sing it out!
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Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
23 Some of you set sail in big ships; you put to sea to do business in faraway ports.
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Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business in great waters;
24 Out at sea you saw God in action, saw his breathtaking ways with the ocean:
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These see Yahweh's works, And his wonders in the deep.
25 With a word he called up the wind - an ocean storm, towering waves!
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For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up its waves.
26 You shot high in the sky, then the bottom dropped out; your hearts were stuck in your throats.
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They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
27 You were spun like a top, you reeled like a drunk, you didn't know which end was up.
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They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
28 Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time.
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Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, He brings them out of their distress.
29 He quieted the wind down to a whisper, put a muzzle on all the big waves.
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He makes the storm a calm, So that its waves are still.
30 And you were so glad when the storm died down, and he led you safely back to harbor.
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Then are they glad because it is calm, So he brings them to their desired haven.
31 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves.
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Let them praise Yahweh for his lovingkindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Lift high your praises when the people assemble, shout Hallelujah when the elders meet!
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Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.
33 God turned rivers into wasteland, springs of water into sunbaked mud;
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He turns rivers into a desert, Water springs into a thirsty ground,
34 Luscious orchards became alkali flats because of the evil of the people who lived there.
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And a fruitful land into a salt waste, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35 Then he changed wasteland into fresh pools of water, arid earth into springs of water,
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He turns a desert into a pool of water, And a dry land into water springs.
36 Brought in the hungry and settled them there; they moved in - what a great place to live!
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There he makes the hungry to live, That they may prepare a city to live in,
37 They sowed the fields, they planted vineyards, they reaped a bountiful harvest.
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Sow fields, plant vineyards, And reap the fruits of increase.
38 He blessed them and they prospered greatly; their herds of cattle never decreased.
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He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their cattle to decrease.
39 But abuse and evil and trouble declined
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Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
40 as he heaped scorn on princes and sent them away. He gave the poor a safe place to live,
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He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
41 treated their clans like well-cared-for sheep.
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Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, And increases their families like a flock.
42 Good people see this and are glad; bad people are speechless, stopped in their tracks.
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The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
43 If you are really wise, you'll think this over - it's time you appreciated God's deep love.
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Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh.