• The Lord Rescues People from Many Troubles.

  • 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, For His mercy is everlasting.
  • 2 The redeemed of the Lord shall say so, Those whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
  • 3 And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
  • 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city.
  • 5 They were hungry and thirsty; Their souls felt weak within them.
  • 6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He saved them from their distresses.
  • 7 He also had them walk on a straight way, To go to an inhabited city.
  • 8 They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy, And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!
  • 9 For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And He has filled the hungry soul with what is good.
  • 10 There were those who lived in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,
  • 11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God And rejected the plan of the Most High.
  • 12 Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was no one to help.
  • 13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He saved them from their distresses.
  • 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart.
  • 15 They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy, And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!
  • 16 For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut off bars of iron.
  • 17 Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their guilty deeds, were afflicted.
  • 18 Their souls loathed all kinds of food, And they came close to the gates of death.
  • 19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He saved them from their distresses.
  • 20 He sent His word and healed them, And saved them from their destruction.
  • 21 They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy, And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!
  • 22 They shall also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing.
  • 23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters;
  • 24 They have seen the works of the Lord, And His wonders in the deep.
  • 25 For He spoke and raised a stormy wind, Which lifted the waves of the sea.
  • 26 They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery.
  • 27 They reeled and staggered like a drunken person, And were at their wits’ end.
  • 28 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.
  • 29 He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed.
  • 30 Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He guided them to their desired harbor.
  • 31 They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy, And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!
  • 32 They shall also exalt Him in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders.
  • 33 He turns rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
  • 34 And a fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
  • 35 He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into springs of water;
  • 36 And He has the hungry live there, So that they may establish an inhabited city,
  • 37 And sow fields and plant vineyards, And gather a fruitful harvest.
  • 38 He also blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease.
  • 39 When they become few and lowly Because of oppression, misery, and sorrow,
  • 40 He pours contempt upon noblemen And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
  • 41 But He sets the needy securely on high, away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock.
  • 42 The upright see it and are glad; But all injustice shuts its mouth.
  • 43 Who is wise? He is to pay attention to these things, And consider the mercy of the Lord.