1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
2 So let the redeemed of the LORD say it, those he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary
3 and gathered out of the lands, from east and from west, from north and from the sea.
4 They strayed in the wilderness, on a desert track; they found no city to settle in.
5 They were hungry and thirsty; their life was ebbing away within them.
6 Then in their trouble they cried out to the LORD, and he rescued them from their distresses.
7 He guided them along a straight road, to reach a city where they could live.
8 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonders done for the sons of men.
9 For he has satisfied the thirsting soul and filled the hungry soul with good things.
10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in misery and in iron,
11 for they had defied the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he bowed their hearts down with toil; they fell, and no one helped.
13 Then in their trouble they cried out to the LORD, and he saved them from their distresses.
14 He led them out of darkness and the shadow of death and snapped their chains.
15 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonders done for the sons of men.
16 For he shatters gates of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron.
17 Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious way and because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed every kind of food and came near the gates of death.
19 Then in their trouble they cried out to the LORD, and he saved them from their distresses.
20 He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from their pits.
21 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonders done for the sons of men.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings and recount his works with joyful shouts.
23 Some went down to the sea in ships, plying their trade on the mighty waters;
24 they saw the works of the LORD, his wonders in the deep.
25 He spoke, and he stirred up a storm wind that raised the waves of the sea.
26 They rose up to the sky and dropped down to the depths; their courage melted in their peril.
27 They reeled and lurched like drunken men, and all their skill came to nothing.
28 Then in their trouble they cried out to the LORD, and he brought them out of their distresses.
29 He turned the storm into a calm, and its waves fell silent.
30 They were glad when things grew quiet, and he brought them to the harbor they longed for.
31 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonders done for the sons of men.
32 Let them extol him in the congregation of the people and praise him where the elders sit.
33 He changes rivers into desert and springs of water into parched ground,
34 fruitful land into salt flats, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
35 He changes desert into pools of water and dry land into flowing springs.
36 He settles the hungry there, and they build a city to live in.
37 They sow fields and plant vineyards and gather a fruitful yield.
38 He blesses them, and they become very numerous, and he does not let their livestock dwindle.
39 Then they are reduced and bowed down by oppression, trouble and grief.
40 He pours contempt upon nobles and makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
41 But he lifts the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks.
42 The upright see and are glad, and all injustice closes its mouth.
43 Who is wise? Let him take note of these things, and let them ponder the steadfast love of the LORD.