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738 Book of Psalms

39 And was defiled with their works: and they 5 They were hungry and thirsty: their soul
went aside after their own inventions. fainted in them.
40 And the Lord was exceedingly angry with 6 And they cried to the Lord in their tribu-
his people: and he abhorred his inheritance. lation: and he delivered them out of their dis-
41 And he delivered them into the hands of tresses.
the nations: and they that hated them had do- 7 And he led them into the right way, that
minion over them. they might go to a city of habitation.
42 And their enemies afflicted them: and they 8 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to
were humbled under their hands: him: and his wonderful works to the children of
43 Many times did he deliver them. But they men.
provoked him with their counsel: and they were 9 For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and
brought low by their iniquities. hath filled the hungry soul with good things.
44 And he saw when they were in tribulation: 10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow
and he heard their prayer. of death: bound in want and in iron.
45 And he was mindful of his covenant: and 11 Because they had exasperated the words
repented according to the multitude of his mer- of God: and provoked the counsel of the most
cies. High:
46 And he gave them unto mercies, in the 12 And their heart was humbled with labours:
sight of all those that had made them captives. they were weakened, and there was none to help
47 Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather them.
us from among the nations: That we may give 13 Then they cried to the Lord in their af-
thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy
fliction: and he delivered them out of their dis-
praise. tresses.
48 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from
14 And he brought them out of darkness, and
everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people
the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in
say: So be it, so be it.
sunder.
15 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to
Chapter 106 him, and his wonderful works to the children of
men.
Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his 16 Because he hath broken gates of brass, and
mercy endureth for ever. burst iron bars.
2 Let them say so that have been redeemed by 17 He took them out of the way of their iniq-
the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand uity: for they were brought low for their injus-
of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries. tices.
3 From the rising and from the setting of the 18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat:
sun, from the north and from the sea. and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.
4 They wandered in a wilderness, in a place 19 And they cried to the Lord in their af-
without water: they found not the way of a city fliction: and he delivered them out of their dis-
for their habitation. tresses.