Dual Panel1O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever!
2Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary,
3And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the [Red] Sea in the south.
4Some wandered in the wilderness in a solitary desert track; they found no city for habitation.
5Hungry and thirsty, they fainted; their lives were near to being extinguished.
6Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.
7He led them forth by the straight {and} right way, that they might go to a city where they could establish their homes.
8Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
9For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good.
10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons,
11Because they had rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
12Therefore He bowed down their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled {and} fell down, and there was none to help.
13Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.
14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke apart the bonds that held them.
15Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
16For He has broken the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron apart.
17Some are fools [made ill] because of the way of their transgressions and are afflicted because of their iniquities.
18They loathe every kind of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.
19Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivers them out of their distresses.
20He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit {and} destruction.
21Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and rehearse His deeds with shouts of joy {and} singing!
23Some go down to the sea {and} travel over it in ships to do business in great waters;
24These see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep.
25For He commands and raises up the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea.
26[Those aboard] mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the deeps; their courage melts away because of their plight.
27They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits' end [all their wisdom has come to nothing].
28Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses.
29He hushes the storm to a calm {and} to a gentle whisper, so that the waves of the sea are still.
30Then the men are glad because of the calm, and He brings them to their desired haven.
31Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
32Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the company of the elders.
33He turns rivers into a wilderness, water springs into a thirsty ground,
34A fruitful land into a barren, salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry ground into water springs;
36And there He makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation,
37And sow fields, and plant vineyards which yield fruits of increase.
38He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and allows not their cattle to decrease.
39When they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
40He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in waste places where there is no road.
41Yet He raises the poor {and} needy from affliction and makes their families like a flock.
42The upright shall see it and be glad, but all iniquity shall shut its mouth.
43Whoso is wise [if there be any truly wise] will observe {and} heed these things; and they will diligently consider the mercy {and} loving-kindness of the Lord.