1 Alleluia. Confess ye to our Lord, because he is good: because his mercy is for ever.
1 Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever.
2 Let them say that are redeemed of our Lord, whom he redeemed out of the hand of the enemy: and out of the countries he gathered them:
2 Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries.
3 From the rising of the sun, and the going down: from the north, and the sea.
3 From the rising and from the setting of the sun, from the north and from the sea.
4 They wandered in the wilderness, in a place without water: the way of city for habitation they found not.
4 They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they found not the way of a city for their habitation.
5 Hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.
5 They were hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.
6 And they cried to our Lord when they were in tribulation: and he delivered them out of their necessities.
6 And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And he conducted them into the right way: to go into a city of habitation.
7 And he led them into the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Let the mercies of our Lord confess to him: and his marvelous works to the children of men.
8 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
9 Because he hath filled the empty soul: and the hungry soul he hath filled with good things.
9 For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.
10 Them that sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death: bound in neediness, and iron.
10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.
11 Because they exasperated the words of God: and they provoked the counsel of the Highest.
11 Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the counsel of the most High:
12 And their heart was humbled in labours: they were weakened, neither was there any to help.
12 And their heart was humbled with labors: they were weakened, and there was none to help them.
13 And they cried to our Lord when they were in tribulation: and he delivered them out of their necessities.
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
14 And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death: and brake their bonds asunder.
14 And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.
15 Let the mercies of our Lord confess to him: & his marvelous works to the children of men.
15 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
16 Because he hath destroyed the gates of brass; and the bars of iron he hath broken.
16 Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst iron bars.
17 He hath received them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were humbled for their injustices.
17 He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.
18 Their soul did abhor all meat: & they approached even to the gates of death.
18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.
19 And they cried to our Lord when they were in tribulation: and he delivered them out of their necessities.
19 And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them out of their destructions.
20 He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.
21 Let the mercies of our Lord confess to him: & his marvelous works to the children of men.
21 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: & shew forth his works in exultation.
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his works with joy.
23 They that go down into the sea in ships, making traffic in the great waters.
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters:
24 They have seen the works of our Lord, and his marvelous things in the depth.
24 These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
25 He said, and the blast of the storm stood: and the waves thereof were exalted.
25 He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves thereof were lifted up.
26 They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the depths: their soul pined away in evils.
26 They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.
27 They were troubled, and were moved as a drunken man: and all their wisdom was devoured.
27 They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.
28 And they cried to our Lord when they were in tribulation, and he brought them out of their necessities.
28 And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses.
29 And he turned his storm into calm: & the waves thereof were quiet.
29 And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.
30 And they rejoiced because they were quiet: and he conducted them into the haven of their will.
30 And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them to the haven which they wished for.
31 Let the mercies of our Lord confess to him: and his marvelous works to the children of men.
31 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
32 And let them exalt him in the Church of the people: and the chair of the ancients let them praise him.
32 And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients.
33 He turned the rivers into a desert: and the issues of waters into dryness.
33 He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of water into dry ground:
34 The fruitful land into a salt ground, for the malice of them that inhabit it.
34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He turned the desert into pools of waters: and the land without water into issues of waters.
35 He hath turned a wilderness into pools of waters, and a dry land into water springs.
36 And he placed the hungry there, and they built a city of habitation.
36 And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.
37 And they sowed fields and planted vineyards: and they made fruit of nativity.
37 And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.
38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their beasts he lessened not.
38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.
39 And they were made few: and were vexed by the tribulation of evils, and with sorrow.
39 Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.
40 Contempt was poured out upon Princes: and he made them wander where was no way, and not in the way.
40 Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.
41 And he did help the poor out of poverty: and made families as sheep.
41 And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.
42 The just shall see, and shall rejoice: & all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
42 The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Who is wise and will keep these things? And will understand the mercies of our Lord?
43 Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand the mercies of the Lord?