Oct 28, 2018
1 Oh
give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures
forever!
2 Let the redeemed of
the Lord say
so,
whom he has redeemed from trouble[a]
3 and gathered in from the
lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the
south.
4 Some wandered in desert
wastes,
finding no way to a city to dwell
in;
5 hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted within
them.
6 Then they cried to
the Lord in their
trouble,
and he delivered them from their
distress.
7 He led them by a straight
way
till they reached a city to dwell
in.
8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of
man!
9 For he satisfies the longing
soul,
and the hungry soul he fills with good
things.
10 Some sat in
darkness and in the shadow of death,
prisoners in affliction and in
irons,
11 for they had rebelled against the
words of God,
and spurned the counsel of the Most
High.
12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard
labor;
they fell down, with none to
help.
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their
distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness and
the shadow of death,
and burst their bonds
apart.
15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of
man!
16 For he shatters the doors of
bronze
and cuts in two the bars of
iron.
17 Some
were fools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered
affliction;
18 they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of
death.
19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their
distress.
20 He sent out his word and healed
them,
and delivered them from their
destruction.
21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of
man!
22 And let them offer sacrifices of
thanksgiving,
and tell of his deeds in songs of
joy!
23 Some went
down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great
waters;
24 they saw the deeds of
the Lord,
his wondrous works in the deep.
25 For he commanded and raised the
stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the
sea.
26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down
to the depths;
their courage melted away in their evil
plight;
27 they reeled and staggered like
drunken men
and were at their wits' end.[b]
28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their
distress.
29 He made the storm be
still,
and the waves of the sea were
hushed.
30 Then they were glad that the
waters[c] were
quiet,
and he brought them to their desired
haven.
31 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of
man!
32 Let them extol him in the
congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the
elders.
33 He turns
rivers into a desert,
springs of water into thirsty
ground,
34 a fruitful land into a salty
waste,
because of the evil of its
inhabitants.
35 He turns a desert into pools of
water,
a parched land into springs of
water.
36 And there he lets the hungry
dwell,
and they establish a city to live
in;
37 they sow fields and plant
vineyards
and get a fruitful yield.
38 By his blessing they multiply
greatly,
and he does not let their livestock
diminish.
39 When they are
diminished and brought low
through oppression, evil, and
sorrow,
40 he pours contempt on princes
and makes them wander in trackless
wastes;
41 but he raises up the needy out of
affliction
and makes their families like
flocks.
42 The upright see it and are
glad,
and all wickedness shuts its
mouth.
43 Whoever is
wise, let him attend to these things;
let them consider the steadfast love of
the Lord.