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1 Thank the Lord because he is good. His love continues forever.
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Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
2 That is what those whom the Lord has saved should say. He has saved them from the enemy
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Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble
3 and has gathered them from other lands, from east and west, north and south.
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and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
4 Some people had wandered in the desert lands. They found no city in which to live.
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Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;
5 They were hungry and thirsty, and they were discouraged.
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hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
6 In their misery they cried out to the Lord, and he saved them from their troubles.
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Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them on a straight road to a city where they could live.
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He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in.
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his love and for the miracles he does for people.
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Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
9 He satisfies the thirsty and fills up the hungry.
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For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
10 Some sat in gloom and darkness; they were prisoners suffering in chains.
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Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons,
11 They had turned against the words of God and had refused the advice of God Most High.
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for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he broke their pride by hard work. They stumbled, and no one helped.
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So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.
13 In their misery they cried out to the Lord, and he saved them from their troubles.
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Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of their gloom and darkness and broke their chains.
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart.
15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his love and for the miracles he does for people.
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Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
16 He breaks down bronze gates and cuts apart iron bars.
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For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron.
17 Some fools turned against God and suffered for the evil they did.
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Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
18 They refused to eat anything, so they almost died.
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they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
19 In their misery they cried out to the Lord, and he saved them from their troubles.
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Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
20 God gave the command and healed them, so they were saved from dying.
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He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.
21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his love and for the miracles he does for people.
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Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22 Let them offer sacrifices to thank him. With joy they should tell what he has done.
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And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
23 Others went out to sea in ships and did business on the great oceans.
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Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;
24 They saw what the Lord could do, the miracles he did in the deep oceans.
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they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep.
25 He spoke, and a storm came up, which blew up high waves.
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For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.
26 The ships were tossed as high as the sky and fell low to the depths. The storm was so bad that they lost their courage.
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They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;
27 They stumbled and fell like people who were drunk. They did not know what to do.
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they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits’ end.
28 In their misery they cried out to the Lord, and he saved them from their troubles.
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Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
29 He stilled the storm and calmed the waves.
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He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 They were happy that it was quiet, and God guided them to the port they wanted.
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Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his love and for the miracles he does for people.
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Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
32 Let them praise his greatness in the meeting of the people; let them praise him in the meeting of the older leaders.
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Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33 He changed rivers into a desert and springs of water into dry ground.
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He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,
34 He made fertile land salty, because the people there did evil.
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a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
35 He changed the desert into pools of water and dry ground into springs of water.
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He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
36 He had the hungry settle there so they could build a city in which to live.
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And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in;
37 They planted seeds in the fields and vineyards, and they had a good harvest.
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they sow fields and plant vineyards and get a fruitful yield.
38 God blessed them, and they grew in number. Their cattle did not become fewer.
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By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish.
39 Because of disaster, troubles, and sadness, their families grew smaller and weaker.
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When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
40 He showed he was displeased with their leaders and made them wander in a pathless desert.
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he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
41 But he lifted the poor out of their suffering and made their families grow like flocks of sheep.
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but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks.
42 Good people see this and are happy, but the wicked say nothing.
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The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
43 Whoever is wise will remember these things and will think about the love of the Lord. A song. A psalm of David.
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Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.