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O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever.
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Let them give thanks whom the LORD hath redeemed, and delivered from the hand of the enemy.
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And gathered them out of the lands, from the East, from the West, from the North and from the South.
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They went astray in the wilderness in an untrodden way, and found no city to dwell in.
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Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
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So they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
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He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to the city where they dwelt.
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O that men would praise the goodness of the LORD, and the wonders that he doth for the children of men.
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For he satisfied the empty soul, and filled the hungry soul with good.
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Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being fast bound in misery and iron.
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Because they were not obedient to the commandments of God, but lightly regarded the counsel of the most highest.
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Their heart was vexed with labor, they fell down, and there was none to help them.
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So they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distress.
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He brought them out of darkness and out of the shadow of death, and brake their bonds in sunder.
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O that men would praise the goodness of the LORD, and the wonders that he doth for the children of men.
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For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten the bars of Iron in sunder.
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Foolish men were plagued for their offense, and because of their wickedness.
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Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, they were even hard at death's door.
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So they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distress.
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He sent his word and healed them, and saved them from destruction.
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O that men would praise the goodness of the LORD, and the wonders that he doth for the children of men.
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That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell out his works with gladness.
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They that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters.
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These men see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
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For at his word, the stormy wind ariseth, and lifteth up the waves thereof.
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They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep, their soul melteth away in the trouble.
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They reel to and fro, they stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
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So they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivereth them out of their distress.
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He maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves are still.
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Then are they glad because they be at rest, and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
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O that men would praise the goodness of the LORD, and the wonders that he doth for the children of men.
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That they would exalt him in the congregation of the people, and love him in the seat of the elders.
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Which turneth floods into dry land, and dryeth up the water springs.
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A fruitful land maketh he barren, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water, and water springs of a dry ground.
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There he setteth the hungry, that they may build them a city to dwell in.
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That they may sow their ground, plant vineyards, to yield the fruits of increase.
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He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
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When they are minished and brought low thorow oppression, thorow any plague or trouble.
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Though he suffer them to be evil intreated thorow tyrants, or let them wander out of the way in the wilderness.
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Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery, (at the last) and maketh him an household like a flock of sheep.
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The righteous will consider this and rejoice, the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.
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Who so is wise, and pondereth these things well, shall understand the loving-kindness of the LORD.