12. Therefore He bowed down their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled and fell down, and there was none to help.
13. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.
14. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke apart the bonds that held them. [Ps. 68:6; Acts 12:7; 16:26.]
15. Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
16. For He has broken the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron apart.
17. Some are fools [made ill] because of the way of their transgressions and are afflicted because of their iniquities.
18. They loathe every kind of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.
19. Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivers them out of their distresses.
20. He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit and destruction. [II Kings 20:4, 5; Matt. 8:8.]
21. Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! [Heb. 13:15.]
22. And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and rehearse His deeds with shouts of joy and singing!
23. Some go down to the sea and travel over it in ships to do business in great waters;
24. These see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep.
25. For He commands and raises up the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea.