Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!

He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.

Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the Lord's acts of loyal love!

He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,

Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water.

Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside!

and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.

They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.

They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.

So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.

He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

They witnessed the acts of the Lord, his amazing feats on the deep water.