1. Praise Adonai, for He is good, for His lovingkindness endures forever.
2. Let the redeemed of Adonai say so— whom He redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3. whom He gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
4. Some wandered in a desert, a wasteland. They found no way to an inhabited city.
5. Hungry and thirsty, their souls ebbed away.
6. So they cried out to Adonai in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles.
7. Then He led them by a straight way to go to a city where they could live.
8. Let them praise Adonai for His mercy and His wonders for the children of men,
9. for He satisfies the thirsty soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness.
10. Some sat in darkness and deep gloom, prisoners in misery and iron chains,
11. for they had defied God’s words, and spurned the counsel of Elyon.
12. So He humbled their heart with trouble. They stumbled, and no one was helping.
13. So they cried out to Adonai in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles.
14. He brought them out of darkness and deep gloom, breaking their chains.