| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Some wandered in the wilderness, lost and homeless. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7He led them straight to safety, to a city where they could live. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. |
| 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 deepest gloom, imprisoned in iron chains of misery. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11They rebelled against the words of God, scorning the counsel of the Most High. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12That is why he broke them with hard labor; they fell, and no one was there to help them. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom; he snapped their chains. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For he broke down their prison gates of bronze; he cut apart their bars of iron. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Some were fools; they rebelled and suffered for their sins. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18They couldn’t stand the thought of food, and they were knocking on death’s door. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19“LORD, help!” they cried 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, snatching them from the door of death. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and sing joyfully about his glorious acts. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Some went off to sea in ships, plying the trade routes of the world. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24They, too, observed the LORD’s power in action, his impressive works on the deepest seas. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25He spoke, and the winds rose, stirring up the waves. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Their ships were tossed to the heavens and plunged again to the depths; the sailors cringed in terror. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits’ end. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor! |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation and before the leaders of the nation. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry, thirsty land. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36He brings the hungry to settle there and to build their cities. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37They sow their fields, plant their vineyards, and harvest their bumper crops. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of livestock increase. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39When they decrease in number and become impoverished through oppression, trouble, and sorrow, |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40the LORD pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands. |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41But he rescues the poor from trouble and increases their families like flocks of sheep. |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent. |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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