1 G ive thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

2 L et the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

3 A nd gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

4 T hey wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

5 H ungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

6 T hen they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,

7 h e led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.

8 L et them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

9 F or he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

10 S ome sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

11 b ecause they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.

12 T herefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.

13 T hen they cried to Yahweh 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 broke away their chains.

15 L et them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

16 F or he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.

17 F ools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.

18 T heir soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

19 T hen they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.

20 H e sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.

21 L et them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

22 L et them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.

23 T hose who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;

24 T hese see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.

25 F or he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.

26 T hey mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

27 T hey reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

28 T hen they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

29 H e makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

30 T hen they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

31 L et them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!

32 L et them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

33 H e turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

34 a nd a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

35 H e turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

36 T here he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,

37 s ow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.

38 H e blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.

39 A gain, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

40 H e pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

41 Y et he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

42 T he upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

43 W hoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.