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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains, |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow, |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks. |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth. |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD. |
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