¹Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loyal love is forever.

²Let the redeemed of Yahweh say so, those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy,

³and gathered them together from the lands, from the east side and from the setting, from the north and from the sea.

⁴They wandered about in the wilderness, in a wasteland, on a road; a city to dwell in they did not find.

⁵Hungry and also thirsty, their being fainted away within them.

⁶They cried out to Yahweh when they were in a tight place; from their anguish he delivered them.

⁷He led them by a straight way, to go to a city to dwell in.

⁸Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and for his wonders to the children of man.

⁹For he satisfied the greedily seeking being, and the hungry being he filled with good.

¹⁰Those who sat in darkness and deep darkness, prisoners of affliction and iron,

¹¹for they rebelled against the words of God, and the counsel of the Most High they scorned.

¹²So he humbled their heart with toil; they stumbled, and there was no helper.

¹³Then they cried out to Yahweh when they were in a tight place; from their anguish he saved them.

¹⁴He brought them out from the darkness and deep darkness, and tore apart their fetters.

¹⁵Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and for his wonders to the children of man.

¹⁶For he broke down the doors of bronze, and the bars of iron he cut asunder.

¹⁷Fools were afflicted because of the way of their transgression and because of their guilt.

¹⁸Their being loathed all food, and they reached the gates of death.

¹⁹Then they cried out to Yahweh when they were in a tight place; from their anguish he saved them.

²⁰He sent his word and healed them, and delivered them from their pitfalls.

²¹Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and for his wonders to the children of man.

²²And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount his works with a ringing cry.

²³Those who went down to the sea in ships, who did work on great waters,

²⁴They saw the works of Yahweh, and his wonders in the deep.

²⁵He spoke and made a storm wind stand up, and it lifted its waves high.

²⁶They go up to the skies, they go down to the deeps; their being melts away in misery.

²⁷They reel giddily and totter like a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

²⁸Then they cried out to Yahweh when they were in a tight place, and from their anguish he brought them out.

²⁹He made the storm stand as a calm, and their waves were hushed.

³⁰Then they rejoiced, for they grew quiet; and he guided them to the harbor of their desire.

³¹Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and for his wonders to the children of man.

³²And let them raise him high in the company of the people, and in the seat of the elders let them praise him.

³³He makes rivers into a wilderness, and the springs of the waters into thirsty land,

³⁴A land of fruit into a salt waste, because of the evil of those who dwell in it.

³⁵He makes a wilderness into a pool of water, and parched land into springs of water.

³⁶There he made the hungry dwell, and they established a city for dwelling.

³⁷They sowed fields and planted vineyards, and produced fruit as their yield.

³⁸He blessed them and they multiplied greatly, and he did not let their livestock grow few.

³⁹Then they grew few and were bowed down, from the pressure of misery and sorrow.

⁴⁰He pours contempt upon the noble, and makes them wander in a formless waste where there is no way.

⁴¹But he set the needy securely on high, away from affliction, and made families like a flock.

⁴²The upright see and rejoice, and all injustice shuts its mouth.

⁴³Who is wise? Let him keep these things, and let them consider carefully the loyal love of Yahweh.