⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way;
They found no city of habitation.
⁵ Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
⁶ Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he delivered them out of their distresses,
⁷ He led them also by a straight way,
That they might go to a city of habitation.
⁸ Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
⁹ For he satisfieth the longing soul,
And the hungry soul he filleth with good.

¹⁰ Such as sat 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 labor;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
¹³ Then they cried unto Jehovah 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 bonds in sunder.
¹⁵ Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
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 ^[b]their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
¹⁸ Their soul abhorreth all manner of food;
And they draw near unto the gates of death.
¹⁹ Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he saveth them out of their distresses.
²⁰ He sendeth his word, and healeth them,
And delivereth them from their ^[c]destructions.
²¹ Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
²² And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And declare his works with singing.

²³ They that go down to the sea in ships,
That do business in great waters;
²⁴ These see the works of Jehovah,
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 heavens, they go down again to the depths:
Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
²⁷ They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And ^[d]are at their wits’ end.
²⁸ Then they cry unto Jehovah 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 are quiet;
So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
³¹ Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
³² Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,
And praise him in the seat of the elders.

³³ He turneth rivers into a wilderness,
And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
³⁴ A fruitful land into a salt desert,
For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
³⁵ He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water,
And a dry land into watersprings.
³⁶ And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,
That they may prepare a city of habitation,
³⁷ And sow fields, and plant vineyards,
And get them fruits of increase.
³⁸ He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;
And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
³⁹ Again, they are diminished and bowed down
Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon princes,
And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
⁴¹ Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction,
And maketh him families like a flock.
⁴² The upright shall see it, and be glad;
And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
⁴³ Whoso is wise will give heed to these things;
And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.