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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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3 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 setteth 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. |
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