¹ O give thanks unto the LORD,
for he is good:
for his mercy endureth for ever.

² Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

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

⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way;
they found no city to dwell in.

⁵ Hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted in them.

⁶ Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷ And he led them forth by the right way,
that they might go to a city of habitation.

⁸ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness,
and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

⁹ For he satisfieth the longing soul,
and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

¹⁰ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
being bound in affliction and iron;

¹¹ Because they rebelled against the words of God,
and contemned the counsel of the most High:

¹² Therefore he brought down their heart with labour;
they fell down,
and there was none to help.

¹³ Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble,
and he saved them out of their distresses.

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

¹⁵ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness,
and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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

¹⁷ Fools because of their transgression,
and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

¹⁸ Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat;
and they draw near unto the gates of death.

¹⁹ Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble,
and he saveth them out of their distresses.

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

²¹ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness,
and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

²² And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and declare his works with rejoicing.

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

²⁴ These see the works of the LORD,
and his wonders in the deep.

²⁵ For he commandeth,
and raiseth the stormy wind,
which lifteth up the waves thereof.

²⁶ They mount up to the heaven,
they go down again to the depths:
their soul is melted because of trouble.

²⁷ They reel to and fro,
and stagger like a drunken man,
and are at their wit's end.

²⁸ Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble,
and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

²⁹ He maketh the storm a calm,
so that the waves thereof are still.

³⁰ Then are they glad because they be quiet;
so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

³¹ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness,
and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

³² Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

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

³⁴ A fruitful land into barrenness,
for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

³⁵ He turneth the wilderness into a standing water,
and dry ground into watersprings.

³⁶ And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,
that they may prepare a city for habitation;

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

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

³⁹ Again, they are minished and brought low
through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

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

⁴¹ Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction,
and maketh him families like a flock.

⁴² The righteous shall see it, and rejoice:
and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

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

All Scripture has been taken from
The Holy Bible - KJV (King James Version)