1: O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy
endureth for ever. |
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2: Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed
from the hand of the enemy; |
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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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4: They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found
no city to dwell in. |
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5: Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. |
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6: Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he
delivered them out of their distresses. |
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7: And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to
a city of habitation. |
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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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9: For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry
soul with goodness. |
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10: Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being
bound in affliction and iron; |
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11: Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned
the counsel of the most High: |
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12: Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell
down, and there was none to help. |
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13: Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved
them out of their distresses. |
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14: He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and
brake their bands in sunder. |
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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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16: For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of
iron in sunder. |
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17: Fools because of their transgression, and because of their
iniquities, are afflicted. |
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18: Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near
unto the gates of death. |
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19: Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth
them out of their distresses. |
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20: He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from
their destructions. |
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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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22: And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and
declare his works with rejoicing. |
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23: They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in
great waters; |
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24: These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
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25: For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth
up the waves thereof. |
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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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27: They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are
at their wits' end. |
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28: Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth
them out of their distresses. |
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29: He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are
still. |
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30: Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them
unto their desired haven. |
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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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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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33: He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings
into dry ground; |
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34: A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them
that dwell therein. |
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35: He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry
ground into watersprings. |
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36: And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may
prepare a city for habitation; |
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37: And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield
fruits of increase. |
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38: He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;
and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. |
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39: Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,
affliction, and sorrow. |
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40: He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander
in the wilderness, where there is no way. |
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41: Yet tteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh
him families like a flock. |
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42: The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity
shall stop her mouth. |
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43: Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall
understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. |