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Book V
Jehovah delivers Men from manifold Troubles. |
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1 O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;
For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.
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2 Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so,
Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
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3 And gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the Red Sea.
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4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way;
They found no city of habitation.
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5 Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
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6 Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he delivered them out of their distresses.
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7 He led them also by a straight way,
That they might go to a city of habitation.
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8 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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9 For he satisfieth the longing soul,
And the hungry soul he filleth with good.
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10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Being bound in affliction and iron,
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11 Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And had contempt for the counsel of the Most High:
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12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
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13 Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he saved them out of their distresses.
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14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And brake their bonds in sunder.
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15 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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16 For he hath broken the gates of copper,
And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
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17 Fools because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
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18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of food;
And they draw near unto the gates of death.
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19 Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he saveth them out of their destresses.
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20 He sendeth his word, and healeth them,
And delivereth them from their destructions.
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21 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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22 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And declare his works with singing.
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23 They that go down to the sea in ships,
That do business in great waters;
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24 These see the works of Jehovah,
And his wonders in the deep.
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25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind,
Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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26 They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths:
Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
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27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits' end.
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28 Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he bringeth them out of their distresses.
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29 He maketh the storm a calm,
So that the waves thereof are still.
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30 Then are they glad because they are quiet;
So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
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31 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,
And praise him in the seat of the elders.
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33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness,
And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
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34 A fruitful land into a salt desert,
For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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35 He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water,
And a dry land into watersprings.
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36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,
That they may prepare a city of habitation,
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37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards,
And get them fruits of increase.
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38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;
And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
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39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down
Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
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40 He poureth contempt upon princes,
And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
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41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction,
And maketh him families like a flock.
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42 The upright shall see it, and be glad;
And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
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43 Whoso is wise will give heed to these things;
And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah. |
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