1Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His kindness is everlasting.
2So shall say those redeemed by the Lord, those whom He redeemed from the hand of the oppressor.
3He gathered them from the lands-from east and from west, from north and from the sea.
4They lost their way in the wilderness, in the wasteland; they found no inhabited city.
5Both hungry and thirsty, their soul languished within them.
6They cried out to the Lord in their distress; He delivered them from their afflictions.
7He guided them in the right path to reach an inhabited city.
8Let them give thanks to the Lord, and [proclaim] His wonders to the children of man,
9for He has satiated a thirsting soul, and filled a hungry soul with goodness.
10Those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, bound in misery and chains of iron,
11for they defied the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High-
12He humbled their heart through suffering; they stumbled and there was none to help.
13They cried out to the Lord in their distress; He saved them from their afflictions.
14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and sundered their bonds.
15Let them give thanks to the Lord for His kindness, and [proclaim] His wonders to the children of man,
16for He broke the brass gates and smashed the iron bars.
17Foolish sinners are afflicted because of their sinful ways and their wrongdoings.
18Their soul loathes all food, and they reach the gates of death.
19They cried out to the Lord in their distress; He saved them from their afflictions.
20He sent forth His command and healed them; He delivered them from their graves.
21Let them give thanks to the Lord for His kindness, and [proclaim] His wonders to the children of man.
22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and joyfully recount His deeds.
23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who perform tasks in mighty waters;
24they saw the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep.
25He spoke and caused the stormy wind to rise, and it lifted up the waves.
26They rise to the sky, plunge to the depths; their soul melts in distress.
27They reel and stagger like a drunkard, all their skill is to no avail.
28They cried out to the Lord in their distress, and He brought them out from their calamity.
29He transformed the storm into stillness, and the waves were quieted.
30They rejoiced when they were silenced, and He led them to their destination.
31Let them give thanks to the Lord for His kindness, and [proclaim] His wonders to the children of man.
32Let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people, and praise Him in the assembly of the elders.
33He turns rivers into desert, springs of water into parched land,
34a fruitful land into a salt-marsh, because of the wickedness of those who inhabit it.
35He turns a desert into a lake, and parched land into springs of water.
36He settles the hungry there, and they establish a city of habitation.
37They sow fields and plant vineyards which yield fruit and wheat.
38He blesses them and they multiply greatly, and He does not decrease their cattle.
39[If they sin,] they are diminished and cast down through oppression, misery, and sorrow.
40He pours contempt upon distinguished men, and causes them to stray in a pathless wilderness.
41He raises the needy from distress, and makes their families [as numerous] as flocks.
42The upright observe this and rejoice, and all the wicked close their mouth.
43Let him who is wise bear these in mind, and then the benevolent acts of the Lord will be understood.