BOOK 5: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his loving kindness endures forever.
Psalms
1 The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence, 4 Over travelers, 10 Over captives, 17 Over sick men, 23 Over sailors, 33 And in diverse varieties of life
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
Psa 106:47;Isa 49:12;Jer 29:14 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Hos 5:15;Jer 29:12-14;Isa 41:17 6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Ezr 8:21;Isa 63:12 7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psa 34:10;Isa 55:1;Mat 5:6 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Job 36:810 ¶ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Lam 3:42;Psa 73:24;Luk 7:30 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Isa 63:512 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psa 146:7;Act 12:7 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Isa 45:216 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Psa 14:1;Pro 1:22;Lam 3:39 17 ¶ Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
Num 21:8;2 Kin 20:4;Mat 8:8 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Heb 13:15;Psa 50:14;Lev 7:12 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
23 ¶ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Psa 22:14;Isa 13:7;Nah 2:10 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
Mar 4:39-41;Mat 8:26;Isa 50:2 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
1 Kin 17:1;Isa 34:9-10;Eze 30:12 33 ¶ He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
Gen 13:1034 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Isa 41:1835 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
Act 17:2636 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Gen 12:238 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
2 Kin 10:3239 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
Jos 10:24-26;Job 12:21 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Job 8:7;2 Sam 7:8;1 Sam 2:8 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.