Thomson(i)
8 O let them praise the Lord for his mercies; and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men:
9 because he hath satisfied the longing soul; and filled the hungry with good things.
10 As for them who sat in darkness and the shadow of death; bound with affliction and irons;
11 because they rebelled against the oracles of God; and contemned the counsel of the Most High:
12 when their heart was brought low by troubles; when they were weak and there was no helper:
13 then they cried to the Lord in their affliction; and he saved them from their distresses;
14 and brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death; and burst their chains asunder.
15 let them praise the Lord for his mercies, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men;
16 for he hath dashed to shivers the gates of brass, and broken asunder the bars of iron.
17 He helped them out of the way of their transgression: for on account of their iniquities they were brought low.
18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
19 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them from their distresses.
20 He sent forth his word and healed them; and delivered them from their destructions.
21 O let them praise the Lord for his mercies, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men;
22 and let them offer him a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and publish his works with joy.
23 As for them who go to sea in ships, and traffick on the mighty waters;
24 they see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
25 He spake, and up rose a tempestuous wind: and its waves are lifted high;
26 they mount up to the heavens: then down they descend into the depths; with perils, their souls are melted;
27 they reel and stagger like one drunk, and all their skill is swallowed up.
28 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he brought them out of their distresses.
29 He rebuked the tempest, and it stopt in a still calm; and its waves were lulled to silence.
30 And they were glad, because they were at rest. And he conducted them to their desired port.
31 let them praise the Lord for his mercies, and for his Wonderful dealings with the sons of men.
32 Let them extol him in the congregation of the people: and praise him in the assembly of Elders.
33 He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and outlets of water into a thirsty land;
34 a fruitful country into barrenness: for the wickedness of them who dwell therein.
35 He hath turned a desert into pools of water, and a thirsty soil into water springs:
36 and caused the hungry to dwell there. And they have erected abiding cities:
37 and have sown fields and planted vineyards, which have yielded them the fruits of increase.
38 And he hath blessed them and they have multiplied greatly, and their cattle have not decreased.
39 Again they have been diminished, and brought low by oppressions, afflictions, and sorrow.
40 Contempt hath been poured on their princes: and he hath caused them to wander in a trackless desert.
41 Then out of affliction he hath helped the needy, and hath made families like a flock.
42 Let the righteous see and rejoice, and let all iniquity stop its mouth.
43 Whosoever is wise and will observe these things, he will understand the mercies of the Lord.