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¹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His mercy is everlasting.

²The redeemed of the LORD shall say so, Those whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

³And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city.

⁵They were hungry and thirsty; Their souls felt weak within them.

⁶Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distresses.

⁷He also had them walk on a straight way, To go to an inhabited city.

⁸They shall give thanks to the LORD for His mercy, And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!

⁹For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And He has filled the hungry soul with what is good.

¹⁰There were those who lived in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,

¹¹Because they had rebelled against the words of God And rejected the plan of the Most High.

¹²Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was no one to help.

¹³Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distresses.

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart.

¹⁵They shall give thanks to the LORD for His mercy, And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!

¹⁶For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut off bars of iron.

¹⁷Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their guilty deeds, were afflicted.

¹⁸Their souls loathed all kinds of food, And they came close to the gates of death.

¹⁹Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distresses.

²⁰He sent His word and healed them, And saved them from their destruction.

²¹They shall give thanks to the LORD for His mercy, And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!

²²They shall also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing.

²³Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters;

²⁴They have seen the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep.

²⁵For He spoke and raised a stormy wind, Which lifted the waves of the sea.

²⁶They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery.

²⁷They reeled and staggered like a drunken person, And were at their wits’ end.

²⁸Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.

²⁹He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed.

³⁰Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He guided them to their desired harbor.

³¹They shall give thanks to the LORD for His mercy, And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!

³²They shall also exalt Him in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³He turns rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

³⁴And a fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

³⁵He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into springs of water;

³⁶And He has the hungry live there, So that they may establish an inhabited city,

³⁷And sow fields and plant vineyards, And gather a fruitful harvest.

³⁸He also blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹When they become few and lowly Because of oppression, misery, and sorrow,

⁴⁰He pours contempt upon noblemen And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

⁴¹But He sets the needy securely on high, away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock.

⁴²The upright see it and are glad; But all injustice shuts its mouth.

⁴³Who is wise? He is to pay attention to these things, And consider the mercy of the LORD.

¹My heart is steadfast, God; I will sing, I will sing praises also with my soul.

²Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!

³I will give thanks to You, LORD, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations.

⁴For Your mercy is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the skies.

⁵Be exalted above the heavens, God, And may Your glory be above all the earth.

⁶So that Your beloved may be rescued, Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

⁷God has spoken in His holiness: “I will triumph, I will divide up Shechem, And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

⁸Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head; Judah is My scepter.

⁹Moab is My washbowl; I will throw My sandal over Edom; I will shout aloud over Philistia.”

¹⁰Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

¹¹God, have You Yourself not rejected us? And will You not go forth with our armies, God?

¹²Give us help against the enemy, For deliverance by man is worthless.

¹³Through God we will do valiantly, And it is He who will trample down our enemies.

¹God of my praise, Do not be silent!

²For they have opened a wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And have fought against me without cause.

⁴In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer.

⁵So they have repaid me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

⁶Appoint a wicked person over him, And may an accuser stand at his right hand.

⁷When he is judged, may he come out guilty, And may his prayer become sin.

⁸May his days be few; May another take his office.

⁹May his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

¹⁰May his children wander about and beg; And may they seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

¹¹May the creditor seize everything that he has, And may strangers plunder the product of his labor.

¹²May there be none to extend kindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

¹³May his descendants be eliminated; May their name be wiped out in a following generation.

¹⁴May the guilt of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be wiped out.

¹⁵May they be before the LORD continually, So that He may eliminate their memory from the earth;

¹⁶Because he did not remember to show mercy, But persecuted the afflicted and needy person, And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.

¹⁷He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

¹⁸But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered his body like water, And like oil into his bones.

¹⁹May it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And as a belt which he constantly wears around himself.

²⁰May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul.

²¹But You, GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; Because Your mercy is good, rescue me;

²²For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

²³I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.

²⁴My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

²⁵I also have become a disgrace to them; When they see me, they shake their head.

²⁶Help me, LORD my God; Save me according to Your mercy.

²⁷And may they know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.

²⁸They will curse, but You bless; When they arise, they will be ashamed, But Your servant will be glad.

²⁹May my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And may they cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And I will praise Him in the midst of many.

³¹For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.

¹The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

²The LORD will stretch out Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

³Your people will volunteer freely on the day of Your power; In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew.

⁴The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.

⁶He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.

⁷He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head.

¹Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart, In the company of the upright and in the assembly.

²Great are the works of the LORD; They are studied by all who delight in them.

³Splendid and majestic is His work, And His righteousness endures forever.

⁴He has caused His wonders to be remembered; The LORD is gracious and compassionate.

⁵He has given food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever.

⁶He has made known to His people the power of His works, In giving them the inheritance of the nations.

⁷The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are trustworthy.

⁸They are upheld forever and ever; They are performed in truth and uprightness.

⁹He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; Holy and awesome is His name.

¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; All those who follow His commandments have a good understanding; His praise endures forever.