| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever. | 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, and his loyal love endures! |
| 2Let the redeemed of the LORD proclaim that He has redeemed them from the hand of the foe | 2Let those delivered by the LORD speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy, |
| 3and has gathered them from the lands-- from the east and the west, from the north and the south. | 3and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south. |
| 4Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live. | 4They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live. |
| 5They were hungry and thirsty; their spirits failed within them. | 5They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion. |
| 6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He rescued them from their distress. | 6They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. |
| 7He led them by the right path to go to a city where they could live. | 7He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live. |
| 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity. | 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! |
| 9For He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things. | 9For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food. |
| 10Others sat in darkness and gloom-- prisoners in cruel chains-- | 10They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains, |
| 11because they rebelled against God's commands and despised the counsel of the Most High. | 11because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king. |
| 12He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. | 12So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up. |
| 13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distress. | 13They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. |
| 14He brought them out of darkness and gloom and broke their chains apart. | 14He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles. |
| 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity. | 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! |
| 16For He has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars. | 16For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars. |
| 17Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways and their sins. | 17They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins. |
| 18They loathed all food and came near the gates of death. | 18They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death. |
| 19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distress. | 19They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. |
| 20He sent His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit. | 20He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. |
| 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity. | 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! |
| 22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and announce His works with shouts of joy. | 22Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done! |
| 23Others went to sea in ships, conducting trade on the vast waters. | 23Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters. |
| 24They saw the LORD's works, His wonderful works in the deep. | 24They witnessed the acts of the LORD, his amazing feats on the deep water. |
| 25He spoke and raised a tempest that stirred up the waves of the sea. | 25He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea. |
| 26Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths, their courage melting away in anguish, | 26They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great. |
| 27they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and all their skill was useless. | 27They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective. |
| 28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress. | 28They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. |
| 29He stilled the storm to a murmur, and the waves of the sea were hushed. | 29He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent. |
| 30They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet. Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for. | 30The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired. |
| 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity. | 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! |
| 32Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders. | 32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside! |
| 33He turns rivers into desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, | 33He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land, |
| 34and fruitful land into salty wasteland, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants. | 34and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants. |
| 35He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water. | 35As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water. |
| 36He causes the hungry to settle there, and they establish a city where they can live. | 36He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live. |
| 37They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest. | 37They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit. |
| 38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their livestock decrease. | 38He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number. |
| 39When they are diminished and are humbled by cruel oppression and sorrow, | 39As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering. |
| 40He pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. | 40He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road. |
| 41But He lifts the needy out of their suffering and makes their families multiply like flocks. | 41Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep. |
| 42The upright see it and rejoice, and all injustice shuts its mouth. | 42When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth. |
| 43Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the LORD's acts of faithful love. | 43Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the LORD's acts of loyal love! |
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