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

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

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

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

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

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

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

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

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

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

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

And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

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

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

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

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

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

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

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

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

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

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

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

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

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

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

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

Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

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

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

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

He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

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

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

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

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

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

These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

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

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

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

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

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

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.

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

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

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

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

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

Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

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

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful 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.

Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

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

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

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

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

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

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

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

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

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.

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

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

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

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

He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

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

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

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

The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

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

Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.