Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.
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Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
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Let the people the LORD defended repeat these words. They are the people he defended from the power of their enemies
3 and gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
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and gathered from other countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
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They wandered around the desert on a deserted road without finding an inhabited city.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
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They were hungry and thirsty. They began to lose hope.
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.
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In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He rescued them from their troubles.
7 And He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city for habitation.
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He led them on a road that went straight to an inhabited city.
8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
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Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
9 For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
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He gave plenty to drink to those who were thirsty. He filled those who were hungry with good food.
10 They that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and irons,
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Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
11 because they rebelled against the words of God and contemned the counsel of the Most High,
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because they had rebelled against God's words and had despised the advice given by the Most High.
12 therefore He brought down their heart with labor; they fell down and there was none to help.
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So he humbled them with hard work. They fell down, but no one was there to help them.
13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.
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In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He saved them from their troubles.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds asunder.
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He brought them out of the dark, out of death's shadow. He broke apart their chains.
15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
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Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
16 For He hath broken the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron asunder.
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He shattered bronze gates and cut iron bars in two.
17 Fools, because of their transgression and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
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Fools suffered because of their disobedience and because of their crimes.
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat, and they draw near unto the gates of death.
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All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saveth them out of their distresses.
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In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He saved them from their troubles.
20 He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
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He sent his message and healed them. He rescued them from the grave.
21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
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Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing!
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Let them bring songs of thanksgiving as their sacrifice. Let them tell in joyful songs what he has done.
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters:
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Those who sail on the sea in ships, who do business on the high seas,
24 these see the works of the LORD and His wonders in the deep.
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have seen what the LORD can do, the miracles he performed in the depths of the sea.
25 For He commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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He spoke, and a storm began to blow, and it made the waves rise high.
26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble.
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The sailors aboard ship rose toward the sky. They plunged into the depths. Their courage melted in [the face of] disaster.
27 They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
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They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and He bringeth them out of their distresses.
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In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He led them from their troubles.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
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He made the storm calm down, and the waves became still.
30 Then are they glad because they are quiet; so He bringeth them unto their desired haven.
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The sailors were glad that the storm was quiet. He guided them to the harbor they had longed for.
31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
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Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
32 Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people, and praise Him in the assembly of the elders.
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Let them glorify him when the people are gathered for worship. Let them praise him in the company of respected leaders.
33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness and the watersprings into dry ground,
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He changes rivers into a desert, springs into thirsty ground,
34 a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.
35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water and dry ground into watersprings;
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He changes deserts into lakes and dry ground into springs.
36 and there He maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation,
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There he settles those who are hungry, and they build cities to live in.
37 and sow the fields and plant vineyards, which may yield fruitful increase.
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They plant in fields and vineyards that produce crops.
38 He blesseth them also so that they are multiplied greatly, and alloweth not their cattle to decrease.
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He blesses them, and their numbers multiply, and he does not allow a shortage of cattle.
39 Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
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They became few in number and were humiliated because of oppression, disaster, and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.
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He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert.
41 Yet setteth He the poor on high from affliction, and maketh their families like a flock.
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But now he lifts needy people high above suffering and makes their families like flocks.
42 The righteous shall see it and rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
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Decent people will see this and rejoice, but all the wicked people will shut their mouths.
43 Whoso is wise and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
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Let those who [think] they are wise pay attention to these things so that they may understand the LORD's blessings.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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