Book Five

Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So

¹gOh give thanks to the Lord, hfor he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever!

²Let ithe redeemed of the Lord say so,

whom he has jredeemed from trouble1

³and kgathered in from the lands,

from the east and from the west,

from the north and from the south.

⁴Some lwandered in desert wastes,

finding no way mto a city to dwell in;

⁵hungry and thirsty,

their soul nfainted within them.

⁶Then they ocried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

⁷He led them by pa straight way

till they reached ma city to dwell in.

⁸qLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

⁹For he rsatisfies the longing soul,

sand the hungry soul he fills with good things.

¹⁰tSome sat in darkness and in uthe shadow of death,

prisoners in vaffliction and in irons,

¹¹for they whad rebelled against the words of God,

and xspurned the counsel of the Most High.

¹²So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;

they fell down, ywith none to help.

¹³zThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

¹⁴He brought them out of adarkness and the shadow of death,

and bburst their bonds apart.

¹⁵cLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

¹⁶For he dshatters the doors of bronze

and cuts in two the bars of iron.

¹⁷Some were efools through their sinful ways,

and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

¹⁸fthey loathed any kind of food,

and they gdrew near to hthe gates of death.

¹⁹iThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

²⁰He jsent out his word and khealed them,

and ldelivered them from their destruction.

²¹mLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

²²And let them noffer sacrifices of thanksgiving,

and otell of his deeds in psongs of joy!

²³Some qwent down to the sea in ships,

doing business on the great waters;

²⁴they saw the deeds of the Lord,

his wondrous works in the deep.

²⁵For he rcommanded and sraised the stormy wind,

which lifted up the waves of the sea.

²⁶They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;

their courage tmelted away in their evil plight;

²⁷they reeled and ustaggered like drunken men

and vwere at their wits' end.2

²⁸wThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

²⁹He xmade the storm be still,

and the waves of the sea were hushed.

³⁰Then they were glad that the waters3 were quiet,

and he brought them to their desired haven.

³¹yLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

³²Let them zextol him in athe congregation of the people,

and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

³³He bturns rivers into a desert,

springs of water into thirsty ground,

³⁴ca fruitful land into a salty waste,

because of the evil of its inhabitants.

³⁵He dturns a desert into pools of water,

ea parched land into springs of water.

³⁶And there he lets the hungry dwell,

and they establish fa city to live in;

³⁷they sow fields and plant vineyards

and get a fruitful yield.

³⁸gBy his blessing they multiply greatly,

and he does not let their livestock diminish.

³⁹When they are diminished and brought low

through oppression, evil, and sorrow,

⁴⁰hhe pours contempt on princes

and imakes them wander jin trackless wastes;

⁴¹but khe raises up the needy out of affliction

and lmakes their families like flocks.

⁴²mThe upright see it and are glad,

and nall wickedness shuts its mouth.

⁴³oWhoever is wise, let him attend to these things;

let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.