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107:1  O give thanks unto Hashem, for He is tov; ki l’olam chasdo (for His mercy endureth forever).
107:2  Let the Geulei Hashem (the redeemed of Hashem) say so, whom He hath redeemed from the yad tzar;
107:3  And gathered them out of the lands, from the mizrach (east), and from the ma’arav (west), from the tzafon (north), and from the yam (sea).
107:4  They wandered in the midbar in a desolate region; they found no derech to an ir moshav (inhabited city).
107:5  Re’evim (hungry) and tzeme’im (thirsty), their nefesh fainted within them.
107:6  Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He delivered them out of their distresses.
107:7  And He led them forth by the derech yesharah that they might go to an ir moshav.
107:8  Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla’ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
107:9  For He satisfieth the longing nefesh, and filleth the hungry nefesh with the tov.
107:10  Such as sit in choshech and in tzalmavet, being bound in oni and barzel (iron);
107:11  Because they rebelled against the words of G-d, and despised the atzat Elyon (counsel of the Most High);
107:12  Therefore He brought down their lev with amal (toil); they stumbled, and there was no ozer (helper).
107:13  Then they cried out unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He saved them out of their distresses.
107:14  He brought them out of choshech and tzalmavet, and broke apart their chains.
107:15  Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla’ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
107:16  For He hath broken down the dlatot nechoshet, and cut asunder the bars of barzel (iron).
107:17  Fools because of their derech peysha, and because of their avonot (iniquities), were afflicted.
107:18  Their nefesh abhorreth all manner of ochel (food); and they drew near unto the sha’arei mavet (gates of death).
107:19  Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He saveth them out of their distresses.
107:20  He sent His Davar, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions [See Yn 1:1, 14; Mt 4:23].
107:21  Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla’ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
107:22  And let them sacrifice the zivkhei todah (sacrifices of thanksgiving), and recount His works with joyful singing.
107:23  They that go down to the yam in oniyot (ships), that do business on mayim rabbim (great waters);
107:24  These have seen the ma’asei Hashem, and His nifla’ot (wonders) in the deep.
107:25  For He commandeth, and raiseth up a ruach sa’arah (stormy wind), which lifteth up the galim (waves) thereof.
107:26  They [the galim] mount up to Shomayim, they went down again to the tehomot (depths); their nefesh melted in ra’ah (peril, trouble).
107:27  They reeled and staggered like a shikkor, and were at their wit’s end.
107:28  Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He brought them out of their distresses.
107:29  He made the sa’arah (storm) a calm, so that the galim (waves) thereof were still [Mk 4:41].
107:30  Then were they glad because they were quiet; so He brought them unto their makhoz chefetz (desired haven, city, district, boundary).
107:31  Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla’ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
107:32  Let them exalt Him also in the Kehal Am, and praise Him in the moshav zekenim (council of the elders).
107:33  He turneth neharot (rivers) into a midbar, and the springs of water into dry ground;
107:34  An eretz p’ri (fruitful land) into salt wasteland, because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
107:35  He turneth the midbar into an agam (pool, lake) of mayim, and dry ground into springs of water.
107:36  And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may found an ir moshav (an inhabited city);
107:37  And sow the sadot, and plant kramim, and acquire p’ri tevu’ah (fruits of increase).
107:38  He made a brocha on them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and He doth not permit their behemah to decrease.
107:39  Again, they are diminished and brought low through otzer (oppression), ra’ah (calamity, peril, trouble) and yagon (sorrow, grief).
107:40  He poureth contempt upon nedivim (nobles), and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no derech.
107:41  Yet setteth He the evyon (needy) up above oni (affliction), and maketh him mishpekhot like a tzon (flock).
107:42  The yesharim (upright ones) shall see it, and rejoice with simchah; and all iniquity shall shut its mouth.
107:43  Whosoever is chacham, and will be shomer over these things, even they shall understand the chasdei Hashem (lovingkindnesses of Hashem).