1 G ive thanks to the Lord for He is good! His loving-kindness lasts forever!

2 L et the people who have been saved say so. He has bought them and set them free from the hand of those who hated them.

3 H e gathered them from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

4 S ome traveled through the desert wastes. They did not find a way to a city where they could live.

5 T hey were hungry and thirsty. Their souls became weak within them.

6 T hen they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He took them out of their suffering.

7 H e led them by a straight path to a city where they could live.

8 L et them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!

9 F or He fills the thirsty soul. And He fills the hungry soul with good things.

10 S ome sat in darkness and in the shadow of death. They suffered in prison in iron chains.

11 B ecause they had turned against the Words of God. They hated what the Most High told them to do.

12 S o He loaded them down with hard work. They fell and there was no one to help.

13 T hen they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He saved them from their suffering.

14 H e brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death. And He broke their chains.

15 L et them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!

16 F or He has broken gates of brass and cut through walls of iron.

17 S ome were fools because of their wrong-doing. They had troubles because of their sins.

18 T hey hated all kinds of food. And they came near the gates of death.

19 T hen they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He saved them from their suffering.

20 H e sent His Word and healed them. And He saved them from the grave.

21 L et them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!

22 L et them give Him gifts of thanks and tell of His works with songs of joy.

23 S ome went out to sea in ships to buy and sell on the great waters.

24 T hey have seen what the Lord can do and His great works on the sea.

25 F or He spoke and raised up a storm that lifted up the waves of the sea.

26 T hey went up to the heavens and down to the deep. Their strength of heart left them in their danger.

27 T hey could not walk straight but went from side to side like a drunk man. They did not know what to do.

28 T hen they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He took them out of all their problems.

29 H e stopped the storm, and the waves of the sea became quiet.

30 T hen they were glad because the sea became quiet. And He led them to the safe place they wanted.

31 L et them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!

32 L et them honor Him in the meeting of the people and praise Him in the meeting of the leaders.

33 H e changes rivers into a desert and wells of water into a thirsty ground.

34 H e changes a land of much fruit into a salt waste because of the sin of those who live in it.

35 H e changes a desert into a pool of water and makes water flow out of dry ground.

36 A nd He makes the hungry go there so they may build a city to live in.

37 T hey plant seeds in the fields and plant grape-vines and gather much fruit.

38 H e lets good come to them and they become many in number. And He does not let the number of their cattle become less.

39 W hen the number of people becomes less and they are put to shame under a bad power and trouble and sorrow,

40 H e pours anger on rulers. He makes them walk in the waste places where there is no path.

41 B ut He lifts those in need out of their troubles. He makes their families grow like flocks.

42 T hose who are right see it and are glad. But all the sinful shut their mouths.

43 L et the wise man think about these things. And may he think about the loving-kindness of the Lord.