¹Give thanks to Yahvah, for he is good; for his mercy endures forever.
²Let the redeemed of Yahvah say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,
³and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the islands in the sea.

⁴They were lost in the wilderness in a place without water; they did not find the right way to an inhabited town.
⁵Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
⁶Then they cried to Yahvah in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
⁷and he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to inhabited villages.
⁸Let the righteous of Yahvah give thanks to him; for his mercies are on the sons of men.
⁹For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

¹⁰Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
¹¹because they murmured against the words of god, and scorned the counsel of the most high;
¹²therefore he brought down their hearts with labor; they became weak and there was no one to help.
¹³Then they prayed to Yahvah in their trouble and he saved them out of their distresses.
¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart.
¹⁵Let the righteous of Yahvah give thanks to him; for his mercies are on the sons of men.
¹⁶For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron apart.

¹⁷He helped them out of the way of their sins, he relieved them of their afflictions.
¹⁸Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
¹⁹Then they cried to Yahvah in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
²⁰He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.
²¹Let the righteous of Yahvah give thanks to him, for his mercies are on the sons of men.
²²Sacrifice to him the sacrifices of praise, and glorify him, his servants, for his wonders.

²³Those who go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,
²⁴these see the works of Yahvah and his wonders in the deep.
²⁵For he commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
²⁶They mount up to the skies; then they go down again to the depths; their soul is troubled inside them.
²⁷They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunk man, and are at their wit's end.
²⁸Then they cry to Yahvah in their trouble and he brings them out of their distresses.
²⁹He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
³⁰Then they are glad because they are quiet; so he brings them to their desired haven.
³¹Let the righteous of Yahvah give thanks to him; for his mercies are on the sons of men.
³²Let them also exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

³³He turns rivers into a wilderness and the water-springs into dry ground,
³⁴a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who live there.
³⁵He turns the wilderness into pools of water and dry land into water springs.
³⁶And there, he makes the hungry to live, that they may build villages and settle,
³⁷and sow the fields and plant vineyards, and eat of its fruits.
³⁸He also blesses them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and prevents their cattle from decreasing.

³⁹Again, they are diminished and humbled through oppression, affliction, and misery.
⁴⁰He pours contempt on rulers, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
⁴¹He strengthens the poor and he multiplies their families like a flock.
⁴²The righteous will see it, and rejoice; and all the ungodly will shut their mouths.
⁴³Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they will understand the lovingkindness of Yahvah.