1  'O give thanks unto YHWH, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'

title  Alleluia.

1  Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.

1  Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.

2  So let the redeemed of YHWH say, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

2  Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the regions,

3  And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.

3  from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.

4  They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.

4  They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.

4  They were lost in the wilderness in a place without water; they found not the right way to an inhabited town.

5  Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

5  They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.

6  Then they cried unto YHWH in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.

6  And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.

7  And He led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

8  Let them give thanks unto YHWH for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

8  Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

8  Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

9  For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.

9  For he satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things,

10  Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron--

10  even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron;

10  those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.

11  Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.

11  For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.

12  Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help--

12  So their heart was brought low with troubles; they were weak, and there was no helper.

12  And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.

13  They cried unto YHWH in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.

13  Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses.

13  And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.

14  He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.

14  And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.

15  Let them give thanks unto YHWH for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

15  Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

16  For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

16  For he broke to pieces the brazen gates, and crushed the iron bars.

17  Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities--

17  He helped them out of the way of their iniquity; for they were brought low because of their iniquities.

17  He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices.

18  Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death--

19  They cried unto YHWH in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses;

19  Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses.

19  And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.

20  He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves.

21  Let them give thanks unto YHWH for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

21  Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

21  Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

22  And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing.

22  Sacrifice to him the sacrifices of praise, and glorify him, O you, his servants, for his wonders.

23  They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters--

23  Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters

24  These saw the works of YHWH, and His wonders in the deep;

24  these men have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

25  For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;

25  He speaks, and the stormy wind arises, and its waves are lifted up.

25  He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.

26  They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;

26  They go up to the heavens, and go down to the depths; their soul melts because of troubles.

26  They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.

27  They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up--

27  They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

28  They cried unto YHWH in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses.

28  Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction, and he brings them out of their distresses.

28  And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.

29  He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.

29  And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still.

29  And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.

30  Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.

30  And they are glad, because they are quiet; and he guides them to their desire haven.

30  And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.

31  Let them give thanks unto YHWH for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

31  Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

32  Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders.

32  And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders.

33  He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

33  He turns rivers into a desert, and streams of water into a dry land;

33  He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places,

34  A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

34  a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.

35  He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.

35  He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.

36  And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

36  And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.

37  And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.

37  And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and they yield fruit of increase.

37  And sow the fields and plant vineyards, and eat of the fruits thereof.

38  He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

38  And he blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, and he diminishes not the number of their cattle.

39  Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

39  Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils and pain.

39  And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.

40  He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

40  Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land.

41  Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.

41  But he helps the poor out of poverty, and makes him families as a flock.

42  The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

42  The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth.

42  The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; and all the ungodly shall shut their mouths.

43  Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of YHWH.

43  Who is wise, and will observe these things, and understand the mercies of the Lord?

43  Whosoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.