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Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good, For His lovingkindness endures forever. 

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Let the redeemed of Yahweh say _so_, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary 

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And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. 

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They wandered in the wilderness along the way of the wasteland; They did not find an inhabited city. 

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Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted within them. 

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Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses. 

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He led them by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city. 

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Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men! 

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For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good. 

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There were those who inhabited darkness and the shadow of death, Prisoners in affliction and irons, 

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Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High. 

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So He subdued their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. 

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Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. 

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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart. 

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Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men! 

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For He has shattered the doors of bronze And cut through the bars of iron. 

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Ignorant fools, because of their way of transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted. 

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Their soul abhorred all kinds of food, And they reached the gates of death. 

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Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. 

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He sent His word and healed them, And provided _them_ escape from their destructions. 

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Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men! 

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Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with joyful singing. 

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Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on many waters; 

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They have seen the works of Yahweh, And His wondrous deeds in the deep. 

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He spoke and set up a stormy wind, Which raised up the waves of the sea. 

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They went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in _the_ calamity. 

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They staggered and swayed like a drunken man, And all their wisdom was swallowed up. 

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Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses. 

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He caused the storm to stand still, So that its waves were hushed. 

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Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He led them to their desired haven. 

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Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men! 

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Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders. 

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He makes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground; 

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A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the evil of those who inhabited it. 

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He makes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water; 

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And there He causes the hungry to inhabit, So that they may establish an inhabited city, 

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And sow fields and plant vineyards, And produce a fruitful harvest. 

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Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease. 

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But when they decrease and are bowed down Through oppression, evil, and sorrow, 

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He pours contempt upon nobles And makes them wander in a pathless void. 

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But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes _his_ families like a flock. 

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The upright see it and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth. 

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Who is wise? Let him keep these things, And carefully consider the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh.