Psalms

¹Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation. ↗

²Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the regions, ↗

³from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea. ↗

⁴They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place. ↗

⁵They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them. ↗

⁶And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity. ↗

⁷And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation. ↗

⁸Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men. ↗

⁹For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things: ↗

¹⁰those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron. ↗

¹¹For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High. ↗

¹²And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them. ↗

¹³And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress. ↗

¹⁴And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains. ↗

¹⁵Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men. ↗

¹⁶For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars. ↗

¹⁷He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices. ↗

¹⁸Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death. ↗

¹⁹And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity. ↗

²⁰He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction. ↗

²¹Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men. ↗

²²And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation. ↗

²³Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters: ↗

²⁴these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep. ↗

²⁵He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted. ↗

²⁶They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress. ↗

²⁷They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed. ↗

²⁸And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress. ↗

²⁹And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled. ↗

³⁰And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired. ↗

³¹Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men. ↗

³²And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders. ↗

³³He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places, ↗

³⁴a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it. ↗

³⁵He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water. ↗

³⁶And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation. ↗

³⁷And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity. ↗

³⁸And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden. ↗

³⁹And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow. ↗

⁴⁰Contempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way. ↗

⁴¹And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep. ↗

⁴²The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth. ↗

⁴³Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord? ↗