New Living Translation

Darby Bible Translation

Book Five
(Psalms 107–150)

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

His Loving Kindness Endures Forever

Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

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Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out!
Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.

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Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,

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For he has gathered the exiles from many lands,
from east and west,
from north and south.a

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

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Some wandered in the wilderness,
lost and homeless.

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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,
they nearly died.

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Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them:

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“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he rescued them from their distress.

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Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses,

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He led them straight to safety,
to a city where they could live.

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And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

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Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;

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For he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.

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

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Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,
imprisoned in iron chains of misery.

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Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,

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They rebelled against the words of God,
scorning the counsel of the Most High.

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Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...

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That is why he broke them with hard labor;
they fell, and no one was there to help them.

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And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:

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“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.

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Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses;

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He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom;
he snapped their chains.

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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 praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;

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For he broke down their prison gates of bronze;
he cut apart their bars of iron.

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For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.

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Some were fools; they rebelled
and suffered for their sins.

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Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;

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They couldn’t stand the thought of food,
and they were knocking on death’s door.

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Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:

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“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.

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Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses;

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He sent out his word and healed them,
snatching them from the door of death.

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He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their destructions.

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Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men,

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Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.

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And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works in joyful song.

23

Some went off to sea in ships,
plying the trade routes of the world.

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

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They, too, observed the LORD’s power in action,
his impressive works on the deepest seas.

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These see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep.

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He spoke, and the winds rose,
stirring up the waves.

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For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof:

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Their ships were tossed to the heavens
and plunged again to the depths;
the sailors cringed in terror.

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They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;

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They reeled and staggered like drunkards
and were at their wits’ end.

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They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:

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“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.

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Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses;

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He calmed the storm to a whisper
and stilled the waves.

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He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still:

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What a blessing was that stillness
as he brought them safely into harbor!

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And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

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Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;

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Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation
and before the leaders of the nation.

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Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the session of the elders.

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He changes rivers into deserts,
and springs of water into dry, thirsty land.

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He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground;

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He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands,
because of the wickedness of those who live there.

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

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But he also turns deserts into pools of water,
the dry land into springs of water.

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He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs;

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He brings the hungry to settle there
and to build their cities.

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

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They sow their fields, plant their vineyards,
and harvest their bumper crops.

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

38

How he blesses them!
They raise large families there,
and their herds of livestock increase.

38

And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

39

When they decrease in number and become impoverished
through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

39

And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:

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the LORD pours contempt on their princes,
causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.

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He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;

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But he rescues the poor from trouble
and increases their families like flocks of sheep.

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But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like flocks.

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The godly will see these things and be glad,
while the wicked are struck silent.

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The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.

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Those who are wise will take all this to heart;
they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD.

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Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them understand the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah.

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