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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story-- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3those he 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 way to a city where they could settle. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. |
| 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 by a straight way to a city where they could settle. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, |
| 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, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains, |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11because they rebelled against God's commands and despised the plans of the Most High. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Then they cried 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, the utter darkness, and broke away their chains. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Some went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27They reeled and staggered like drunkards; they were at their wits' end. |
| 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 stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. |
| 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 turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground, |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs; |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest; |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow; |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste. |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks. |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths. |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the LORD. |
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