Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is forever.

Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, Whom He redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

They wandered in the wilderness, on the desert way; They found no city of habitation.

Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted within them.

Then they cried out to Jehovah in their trouble, And He delivered them from their distresses.

And He led them on a straight way That they might come to a city of habitation.

Let them give thanks to Jehovah for His lovingkindness And for His wondrous deeds to the children of men.

For He satisfies the thirsty soul, And the famished soul He fills with good.

Some inhabited darkness and the shadow of death, And were bound in affliction and irons,

Because they rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High;

Therefore He brought down their heart with labor; They stumbled, and there was no one to help them.

Then they cried out to Jehovah in their trouble, And He saved them from their distresses.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And He broke apart their bonds.

Let them give thanks to Jehovah for His lovingkindness And for His wondrous deeds to the children of men.

For He breaks down the doors of bronze And cuts down the bars of iron.

Some were fools, because of their way of transgression; And because of their iniquities, they were afflicted.

Their soul loathed all food, And they drew near to the gates of death.

Then they cried out to Jehovah in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses.

He sent forth His word and healed them, And He delivered them from the pits of destruction .

Let them give thanks to Jehovah for His lovingkindness And for His wondrous deeds to the children of men.

And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving And declare His doings in joyful song.

Those who go down to the sea in ships, Conducting business on the mighty waters,

These see Jehovah's doings And His wondrous deeds in the deep.

For He commanded and raised up a storm wind, And it lifted up the waves of the sea.

They mounted up to the heavens; they went down to the depths; Their soul melted in the calamity.

They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And were at their wits' end.

Then they cried out to Jehovah in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.

He made the storm be still, And the waves of the sea were calm;

And they rejoiced that they were quiet, And He brought them to the haven they desired.

Let them give thanks to Jehovah for His lovingkindness And for His wondrous deeds to the children of men.

And let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people And praise Him in the assembly of the elders.

He turns rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into thirsty ground;

Fruitful land into a salt flat, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into springs of water.

And He makes the hungry dwell there, That they may prepare a city of habitation

And sow fields and plant vineyards And get a fruitful yield.

He also blesses them, and they are multiplied greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease.

When they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

He pours contempt on princes, And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

But He raises the needy man high above affliction And makes his families like flocks.

The upright see it and rejoice; And all iniquity stops its mouth.

Who is wise? Then let him observe these things And consider the lovingkindness of Jehovah.