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| 1 [BOOK THE FIFTH] O give thanks to Yahweh–For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness. |
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| 2 Let the redeemed of Yahweh say, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary; |
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| 3 And, out of the lands, hath gathered them–From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. |
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| 4 They wandered about in the desert–in a waste, Way to a city to dwell in, found they none; |
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| 5 Hungry–yea thirsty, their soul, within them, fainted: |
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| 6 Then made they outcry to Yahweh, in their peril, Out of their distresses, he rescued them; |
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| 7 And led them by a straight road, That they might journey to a city to dwell in. |
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| 8 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men; |
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| 9 For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good. |
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| 10 The dwellers in darkness and death-shade, bound with oppression and iron; |
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| 11 Because they had rebelled against the sayings of GOD,–and, the counsel of the Most High, they had spurned; |
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| 12 And he bowed down, with labour, their heart, They staggered, with no one to help, |
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| 13 Then made they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, Out of their distresses, he saved them; |
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| 14 He brought them forth out of darkness and death-shade, and, their fetters, he tare off. |
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| 15 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! |
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| 16 For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And, the bars of iron, he hewed asunder. |
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| 17 The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted; |
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| 18 All manner of food, their soul abhorreth, and so they draw near unto the gates of death, |
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| 19 Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he saveth them. |
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| 20 He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their graves. |
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| 21 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! |
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| 22 Yea let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount his works with a shout. |
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| 23 Men who go down to the sea, in ships, doing business through mighty waters; |
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| 24 They, see the works of Yahweh, and his wonders in the deep; |
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| 25 And he speaketh, and there ariseth a tempestuous wind, which lifteth on high its rolling waves; |
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| 26 They mount the heavens, they descend the roaring deeps, their soul, by trouble, dissolveth; |
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| 27 They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed, |
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| 28 Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he bringeth them forth, |
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| 29 He calmeth the storm to a whisper, and silent are their rolling waves: |
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| 30 Then are they glad, because they are hushed, And he guideth them unto their desired haven. |
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| 31 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! |
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| 32 Yea let them extol him in the convocation of the people, and, in the seated company of elders, let them praise him. |
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| 33 He turneth Rivers into a desert, and, Springs of Water, into thirsty ground, |
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| 34 A Land of Fruit, into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein. |
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| 35 He turneth A Desert, into a pool of water, and, A Parched Land into springs of water; |
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| 36 And hath caused the famished to dwell there, And they have built them a city to dwell in; |
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| 37 And have sown fields, and planted vineyards, and made them fruits of increase: |
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| 38 Thus hath he blessed them, and they have multiplied greatly, And, their cattle, he maketh not few. |
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| 39 So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow; |
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| 40 He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste; |
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| 41 But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock:– |
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| 42 The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth. |
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| 43 Who is wise? then let him observe these things! and diligently consider the lovingkindness of Yahweh. |
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