1  ^gOh give thanks to the Lord, ^hfor he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever!

2  Let ⁱthe redeemed of the Lord say so,

whom he has ^jredeemed from trouble¹

3  and ^kgathered in from the lands,

from the east and from the west,

from the north and from the south.

4  Some ^lwandered in desert wastes,

finding no way ^mto a city to dwell in;

5  hungry and thirsty,

their soul ⁿfainted within them.

6  Then they ^ocried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

7  He led them by ^pa straight way

till they reached ^ma city to dwell in.

8  ^qLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

9  For he ^rsatisfies the longing soul,

^sand the hungry soul he fills with good things.

10  ^tSome sat in darkness and in ^uthe shadow of death,

prisoners in ^vaffliction and in irons,

11  for they ^whad rebelled against the words of God,

and ^xspurned the counsel of the Most High.

12  So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;

they fell down, ^ywith none to help.

13  ^zThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

14  He brought them out of ^adarkness and the shadow of death,

and ^bburst their bonds apart.

15  ^cLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

16  For he ^dshatters the doors of bronze

and cuts in two the bars of iron.

17  Some were ^efools through their sinful ways,

and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

18  ^fthey loathed any kind of food,

and they ^gdrew near to ^hthe gates of death.

19  ⁱThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

20  He ^jsent out his word and ^khealed them,

and ^ldelivered them from their destruction.

21  ^mLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

22  And let them ⁿoffer sacrifices of thanksgiving,

and ^otell of his deeds in ^psongs of joy!

23  Some ^qwent down to the sea in ships,

doing business on the great waters;

24  they saw the deeds of the Lord,

his wondrous works in the deep.

25  For he ^rcommanded and ^sraised the stormy wind,

which lifted up the waves of the sea.

26  They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;

their courage ^tmelted away in their evil plight;

27  they reeled and ^ustaggered like drunken men

and ^vwere at their wits’ end.²

28  ^wThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

29  He ^xmade the storm be still,

and the waves of the sea were hushed.

30  Then they were glad that the waters³ were quiet,

and he brought them to their desired haven.

31  ^yLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

32  Let them ^zextol him in ^athe congregation of the people,

and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33  He ^bturns rivers into a desert,

springs of water into thirsty ground,

34  ^ca fruitful land into a salty waste,

because of the evil of its inhabitants.

35  He ^dturns a desert into pools of water,

^ea parched land into springs of water.

36  And there he lets the hungry dwell,

and they establish ^fa city to live in;

37  they sow fields and plant vineyards

and get a fruitful yield.

38  ^gBy his blessing they multiply greatly,

and he does not let their livestock diminish.

39  When they are diminished and brought low

through oppression, evil, and sorrow,

40  ^hhe pours contempt on princes

and ⁱmakes them wander ^jin trackless wastes;

41  but ^khe raises up the needy out of affliction

and ^lmakes their families like flocks.

42  ^mThe upright see it and are glad,

and ⁿall wickedness shuts its mouth.

43  ^oWhoever is wise, let him attend to these things;

let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

1  ^aHow lonely sits the city

that was full of people!

How like ^ba widow has she become,

she who was great among the nations!

She who was ^ca princess among the provinces

has become ^da slave.

2  ^eShe weeps bitterly in the night,

with tears on her cheeks;

^famong all her lovers

she has ^gnone to comfort her;

^hall her friends have dealt treacherously with her;

they have become her enemies.

3  ⁱJudah has gone into exile because of affliction¹

and hard servitude;

^jshe dwells now among the nations,

^kbut finds no resting place;

her pursuers have all overtaken her

in the midst of her distress.²

4  The roads to Zion mourn,

for none come to ^lthe festival;

^mall her gates are desolate;

her priests ⁿgroan;

her virgins have been afflicted,³

and she herself suffers bitterly.

5  ^oHer foes have become the head;

her ^penemies prosper,

because ^qthe Lord has afflicted her

^rfor the multitude of her transgressions;

^sher children have gone away,

captives before the foe.

6  From the daughter of Zion

all her majesty has departed.

Her princes have become like deer

^tthat find no pasture;

they fled without strength

before the pursuer.

7  Jerusalem remembers

in the days of her affliction and wandering

^uall the precious things

that were hers from ^vdays of old.

When her people fell into the hand of the foe,

and there was none to help her,

her foes gloated over her;

they ^wmocked at her downfall.

8  ^xJerusalem sinned grievously;

therefore she became filthy;

all who honored her despise her,

^yfor they have seen her nakedness;

she herself ^zgroans

and turns her face away.

9  Her uncleanness was ^ain her skirts;

^bshe took no thought of her future;⁴

therefore her fall is terrible;

^cshe has no comforter.

“O Lord, behold my affliction,

for the enemy has ^dtriumphed!”

10  The enemy has stretched out his hands

over all her ^eprecious things;

for she has seen ^fthe nations

enter her sanctuary,

those whom you ^gforbade

to enter your congregation.

11  All her people ^zgroan

as ^hthey search for bread;

they trade their ^etreasures for ⁱfood

to revive their strength.

“Look, O Lord, and see,

for I am despised.”

12  “Is it nothing to you, all ^jyou who pass by?

^kLook and see

if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,

which was brought upon me,

which ^lthe Lord inflicted

on ^mthe day of his fierce anger.

13  “From on high he ⁿsent fire;

into my bones⁵ he made it descend;

^ohe spread a net for my feet;

he turned me back;

^phe has left me stunned,

faint all the day long.

14  “My transgressions were bound⁶ into ^qa yoke;

by his hand they were fastened together;

they were set upon my neck;

he caused my strength to fail;

the Lord gave me into the hands

of those whom I cannot withstand.

15  “The Lord rejected

all my mighty men in my midst;

he summoned an assembly against me

to crush my young men;

^rthe Lord has trodden as in a winepress

the virgin daughter of Judah.

16  “For these things ^sI weep;

my eyes flow with tears;

for ^ta comforter is far from me,

one to ^urevive my spirit;

my children are desolate,

for the enemy has prevailed.”

17  ^vZion stretches out her hands,

but ^tthere is none to comfort her;

the Lord has commanded against Jacob

that his neighbors should be his foes;

Jerusalem has become

a filthy thing among them.

18  ^w“The Lord is in the right,

^xfor I have rebelled against his word;

but hear, all you peoples,

and see my suffering;

^ymy young women and my young men

have gone into captivity.

19  “I called to ^zmy lovers,

but they deceived me;

my priests and elders

perished in the city,

while ^athey sought food

to revive their strength.

20  “Look, O Lord, for I am in distress;

^bmy stomach churns;

my heart is wrung within me,

because I have been very rebellious.

^cIn the street the sword bereaves;

in the house it is like death.

21  “They heard^{7 d}my groaning,

yet ^ethere is no one to comfort me.

All my enemies have heard of my trouble;

^fthey are glad that you have done it.

You have brought⁸ the day you announced;

^fnow let them be as I am.

22  ^g“Let all their evildoing come before you,

and deal with them

as ^hyou have dealt with me

because of all my transgressions;

for ^dmy groans are many,

and ⁱmy heart is faint.”