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\ms Book Five
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\c 107
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\v 1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
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\q and his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\v 2 Let the redeemed of Yahweh speak out,
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\q those he has rescued from the hand of the enemy.
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\v 3 He has gathered them out of foreign lands,
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\q from the east and from the west,
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\q from the north and from the south.
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\v 4 They wandered in the wilderness on a desert road
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\q and found no city in which to live.
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\v 5 Because they were hungry and thirsty,
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\q they fainted from exhaustion.
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\v 6 Then they called out to Yahweh in their trouble,
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\q and he rescued them out of their distress.
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\v 7 He led them by a direct path
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\q so that they would go to a city to live in.
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\v 8 Oh that people would praise Yahweh for his covenant faithfulness
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\q and for the amazing things he has done for humanity!
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\v 9 For he satisfies the longings of those who are thirsty,
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\q and the desires of those who are hungry he fills up with good things.
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\v 10 Some sat in darkness and in gloom,
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\q prisoners in affliction and chains.
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\v 11 This was because they had rebelled against God's word
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\q and rejected the instruction of the Most High.
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\v 12 He humbled their hearts through hardship;
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\q they stumbled and there was no one to help them up.
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\v 13 Then they called out to Yahweh in their trouble,
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\q and he brought them out of their distress.
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\v 14 He brought them out of darkness and gloom
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\q and broke their bonds.
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\v 15 Oh that people would praise Yahweh for his covenant faithfulness
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\q and for the amazing things he has done for humanity!
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\v 16 For he has broken the gates of bronze
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\q and cut through the bars of iron.
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\v 17 They were foolish in their rebellious ways
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\q and afflicted because of their sins.
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\v 18 They lost their desire to eat any food,
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\q and they came close to the gates of death.
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\v 19 Then they called out to Yahweh in their trouble,
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\q and he brought them out of their distress.
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\v 20 He sent his word and healed them,
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\q and he rescued them from their destruction.
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\v 21 Oh that people would praise Yahweh for his covenant faithfulness
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\q and for the amazing things he has done for humanity!
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\v 22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving
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\q and proclaim his deeds in singing.
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\v 23 Some travel on the sea in ships
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\q and do business overseas.
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\v 24 These saw the deeds of Yahweh
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\q and his wonders on the seas.
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\v 25 For he commanded and aroused the windstorm
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\q that stirs up the seas.
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\v 26 They reached up to the sky; they went down to the depths.
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\q Their lives melted away in distress.
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\v 27 They swayed and staggered like drunkards
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\q and were at their wits' end.
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\v 28 Then they called out to Yahweh in their trouble,
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\q and he brought them out of their distress.
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\v 29 He calmed the storm,
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\q and the waves were stilled.
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\v 30 Then they rejoiced because the sea was calm,
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\q and he brought them to their desired harbor.
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\v 31 Oh that people would praise Yahweh for his covenant faithfulness
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\q and for the amazing things he has done for humanity!
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\v 32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
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\q and praise him in the council of the elders.
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\v 33 He turns rivers into a wilderness,
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\q springs of water into dry land,
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\v 34 and a fruitful land into a barren place
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\q because of the wickedness of its people.
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\v 35 He turns the wilderness into a pool of water
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\q and dry land into springs of water.
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\v 36 He settles the hungry there,
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\q and they build a city to live in.
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\v 37 They build a city to plant fields in, to plant vineyards,
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\q and to bring in an abundant harvest.
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\v 38 He blesses them so they are very numerous.
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\q He does not let their cattle decrease in number.
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\v 39 They were diminished and brought low
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\q by painful distress and suffering.
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\v 40 He pours contempt on the leaders
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\q and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there are no roads.
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\v 41 But he protects the needy from affliction
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\q and cares for his families like a flock.
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\v 42 The upright will see this and rejoice,
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\q and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
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\v 43 Whoever is wise should take note of these things
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\q and meditate on Yahweh's acts of covenant faithfulness.
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