Great(i)
1 O geue thanckes vnto the Lord, for he is gracyous, and his mercy endureth for euer.
2 Let them geue thanckes whom the Lorde hath redemed, and delyuered from the hande of the enemye.
3 And gathered them out of the landes, from the East, and from the west, from the North and from the South.
4 They went a straye in the wildernesse out of the waye, & founde no citie to dwel in.
5 Hongrie & thirstye: their soule faynted in them.
6 So they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble, and he delyuered them from their distresse.
7 He led them forth by the ryght waye, that they myght go to the cytie where they dwelt.
8 O that men wolde therfor prayse the Lorde, for his goodnes, and declare the wonders that he doth for the chyldren of men.
9 For he satisfyed the emptie soule, and filled the hongrye soule with goodnesse.
10 Soch as syt in darcknesse & in the shadow of death, beyng fast bound in mysery & yron.
11 Because they rebelled agaynst the wordes of the Lorde, and lyghtly regarded the councell of the most hyghest,
12 He also brought downe their hart thorow heuinesse: they fell downe, & there was noue to helpe them.
13 So whan they cried vnto the Lord in their trouble, he deliuered them out of their distresse
14 For he brought them out of darcknesse & out of the shadow of death, & brake their bondes in sonder.
15 O that men wold therfore prayse the Lorde for hys goodnesse: & declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men.
16 For he hath broken the gates of brasse, and smytten the barres of yron in sonder,
17 Folysh men are plaged for their offence, & because of their wyckednesse.
18 Their soule abhorred all maner of meat, and they were euen hard at deathes dore.
19 So whan they cryed vnto the Lord in their trouble, he delyuered them out of their dystresse.
20 He sent his word, and healed them, and they were saued from their destruccion.
21 O that men wold therfore prayse the Lorde for hys goodnesse, and declare the wonders that he doth for the chyldren of men.
22 That they wold offre vnto hym the sacrifyce of thanckesgeuyng, and tell out hys worckes wt gladnes.
23 They that go downe to the see in shyppes, and occupie their busynesse in great waters.
24 These men se the worckes of the Lord, and his wonders in the deape.
25 For at his word, the stormy wynd ariseth, which lyfteth vp the waues therof.
26 They are caryed vp to the heauen, and downe agayne to the deape, their soule melteth awaye because of the trouble.
27 They rele to and fro, and stacker lyke a droncken man, & are at their wittes ende.
28 So whan they crye vnto the Lord in their trouble, he delyuereth them out of their distresse.
29 For he maketh the storme to ceasse, so that the waues therof are styll.
30 Then are they glad because they be at rest, and so he bryngeth them vnto the hauen where they wolde be.
31 O that men wold therfore prayse the Lorde for hys goodnes, and declare the wondres that he doth for the children of men.
32 That they wolde exalte him also in the congregacion of the people, and loaue him in the seat of the elders.
33 Which turneth the floudes into a wildernesse: and dryeth vp the water sprynges.
34 A frutefull lande maketh he baren, for the wyckednesse of them that dwell therin.
35 Agayne, he maketh the wildernes a standynge water, and water sprynges of a drye ground.
36 And there he setteth the hongrie, that they maye buylde them a cytie to dwell in
37 That they maye sowe their londe, and plante vyneyardes, to yelde them frutes of increase.
38 He blesseth them, so that they multiplye exceadingly, and suffreth not their catell to decrease.
39 And agayne: when they are minished and brought lowe thorow oppression, thorow eny plag or trouble.
40 Though he suffre them to be euell intreated thorowe tyrauntes, and lett them wandre out of the waye in the wildernesse.
41 Yet helpeth he the poore out of misery, & maketh him housholdes lyke a flocke of shepe.
42 The ryghteous wyll consydre this, and reioyse, & the mouth of all wyckednesse shall be stopped.
43 Who so is wyse, wyll pondre these thynges: and they shall vnderstand the louyng kyndnesses of the Lord.