⁴ Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way to a city where they could live.^(D)
5 They were hungry and thirsty;
their spirits failed^[a] within them.^(E)
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he rescued them from their distress.^(F)
7 He led them by the right path
to go to a city where they could live.^(G)
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(H)
9 For he has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things.^(I)

¹⁰ Others sat in darkness and gloom^[b]—
prisoners in cruel chains^(J)—
¹¹ because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.^(K)
12 He broke their spirits^[c] with hard labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.^(L)
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.^(M)
14 He brought them out of darkness and gloom
and broke their chains apart.^(N)
15 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(O)
16 For he has broken down the bronze gates
and cut through the iron bars.^(P)

¹⁷ Fools suffered affliction
because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.^(Q)
18 They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.^(R)
19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.^(S)
20 He sent his word and healed them;
he rescued them from their traps.
²¹ Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(T)
22 Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
and announce his works with shouts of joy.^(U)

²³ Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast water.^(V)
24 They saw the Lord’s works,
his wondrous works in the deep.^(W)
25 He spoke and raised a stormy wind
that stirred up the waves of the sea.^[d](X)
26 Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage^[e] melting away in anguish,^(Y)
27 they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,
and all their skill was useless.^(Z)
28 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.^(AA)
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.^(AB)
30 They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.^(AC)
31 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(AD)
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.^(AE)

³³ He turns rivers into desert,
springs into thirsty ground,^(AF)
34 and fruitful land into salty wasteland,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.^(AG)
35 He turns a desert into a pool,
dry land into springs.^(AH)
36 He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.^(AI)
37 They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.^(AJ)
38 He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;^(AK)
he does not let their livestock decrease.^(AL)

³⁹ When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,^(AM)
40 he pours contempt on nobles^(AN)
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.^(AO)
41 But he lifts the needy out of their suffering^(AP)
and makes their families multiply like flocks.^(AQ)
42 The upright see it and rejoice,^(AR)
and all injustice shuts its mouth.^(AS)

⁴³ Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.^(AT)