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[1] 'O give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'
[2] So let the redeemed of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 say, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;
[3] And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
[4] They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.
[5] Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
[6] Then they cried unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.
[7] And He led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
[8] Let them give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
[9] For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.
[10] Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron—
[11] Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.
[12] Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help—
[13] They cried unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.
[14] He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.
[15] Let them give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
[16] For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
[17] Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities—
[18] Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death—
[19] They cried unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses;
[20] He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves.
[21] Let them give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
[22] And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing.
[23] They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters—
[24] These saw the works of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and His wonders in the deep;
[25] For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;
[26] They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;
[27] They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up—
[28] They cried unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses.
[29] He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.
[30] Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.
[31] Let them give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
[32] Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders.
[33] He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;
[34] A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
[35] He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.
[36] And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;
[37] And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.
[38] He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
[39] Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.
[40] He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
[41] Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.
[42] The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
[43] Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.
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