Post by Scribe 06

Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.

They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.

Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.

Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;

Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.

Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;

Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.

They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.

The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.

They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;

They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.

Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.

Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.

And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.

He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;

The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.

He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.

And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;