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'O give thanks unto HaShem, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'

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So let the redeemed of HaShem say, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

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

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They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.

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Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

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Then they cried unto HaShem in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.

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And He led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

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Let them give thanks unto HaShem for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

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For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.

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Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron--

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Because they rebelled against the words of G-d, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.

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Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help--

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They cried unto HaShem in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.

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

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Let them give thanks unto HaShem for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

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

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Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities--

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Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death--

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They cried unto HaShem in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses;

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He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves.

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Let them give thanks unto HaShem for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

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And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing.

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

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These saw the works of HaShem, and His wonders in the deep;

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For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;

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They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;

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They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up--

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They cried unto HaShem in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses.

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He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.

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Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.

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Let them give thanks unto HaShem for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

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Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders.

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He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

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A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.

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And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

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

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

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Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

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

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Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.

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The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

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Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of HaShem.