1. Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
2. Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the regions,
3. from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.
4. They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.
5. They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.
6. And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.
7. And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.
8. Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
9. For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:
10. those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.
11. For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.
12. And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.
13. And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.
14. And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.
15. Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.