^{1 Ref} O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

^{2 Ref} Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;

^{3 Ref} Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

^{4 Ref} They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.

^{5 Ref} Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

^{6 Ref} Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;

^{7 Ref} Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.

^{8 Ref} Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

^{9 Ref} He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

^{10 Ref} Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

^{11 Ref} Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

^{12 Ref} So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

^{13 Ref} Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.

^{14 Ref} He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.

^{15 Ref} Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

^{16 Ref} The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.

^{17 Ref} Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

^{18 Ref} They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

^{19 Ref} Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

^{20 Ref} He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.

^{21 Ref} Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

^{22 Ref} Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.

^{23 Ref} Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;

^{24 Ref} They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

^{25 Ref} For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.

^{26 Ref} The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

^{27 Ref} They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

^{28 Ref} Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

^{29 Ref} He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.

^{30 Ref} Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.

^{31 Ref} Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

^{32 Ref} Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.

^{33 Ref} He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;

^{34 Ref} He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

^{35 Ref} He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.

^{36 Ref} And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;

^{37 Ref} And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

^{38 Ref} He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.

^{39 Ref} And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

^{40 Ref} He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

^{41 Ref} But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.

^{42 Ref} The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

^{43 Ref} Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.