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Rh :That they might go to a city of habitation.
 * Let them give thanks unto the for His mercy,
 * And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
 * For He hath satisfied the longing soul,
 * And the hungry soul He hath filled with good.


 * Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
 * Being bound in affliction and iron—
 * Because they rebelled against the words of God,
 * And contemned the counsel of the Most High.
 * Therefore He humbled their heart with travail,
 * They stumbled, and there was none to help—
 * They cried unto the in their trouble,
 * And He saved them out of their distresses.
 * He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
 * And broke their bands in sunder. Let them give thanks unto the for His mercy,
 * And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
 * For He hath broken the gates of brass,
 * And cut the bars of iron in sunder.


 * Crazed because of the way of their transgression,
 * And afflicted because of their iniquities—
 * Their soul abhorred all manner of food,
 * And they drew near unto the gates of death—
 * They cried unto the in their trouble,
 * And He saved them out of their distresses;
 * He sent His word, and healed them,
 * And delivered them from their graves.
 * Let them give thanks unto the for His mercy,
 * And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
 * And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
 * And declare His works with singing.


 * They that go down to the sea in ships,
 * That do business in great waters—
 * These saw the works of the ,
 * And His wonders in the deep;
 * For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind,
 * Which lifted up the waves thereof;
 * They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps;
 * Their soul melted away because of trouble;
 * They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man,
 * And all their wisdom was swallowed up—
 * They cried unto the in their trouble,
 * And He brought them out of their distresses.
 * He made the storm a calm,
 * So that the waves thereof were still.
 * Then were they glad because they were quiet,
 * And He led them unto their desired haven.
 * Let them give thanks unto the for His mercy,
 * And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
 * Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people,
 * And praise Him in the seat of the elders.