1. O give thanks unto Hashem, for He is tov; ki l'olam chasdo (for His mercy endureth forever).
2. Let the Geulei Hashem (the redeemed of Hashem) say so, whom He hath redeemed from the yad tzar;
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).
4. They wandered in the midbar in a desolate region; they found no derech to an ir moshav (inhabited city).
5. Re'evim (hungry) and tzeme'im (thirsty), their nefesh fainted within them.
6. Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He delivered them out of their distresses.
7. And He led them forth by the derech yesharah that they might go to an ir moshav.
8. Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla'ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
9. For He satisfieth the longing nefesh, and filleth the hungry nefesh with the tov.
10. Such as sit in choshech and in tzalmavet, being bound in oni and barzel (iron);
11. Because they rebelled against the words of G-d, and despised the atzat Elyon (counsel of the Most High);
12. Therefore He brought down their lev with amal (toil); they stumbled, and there was no ozer (helper).
13. Then they cried out unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He saved them out of their distresses.
14. He brought them out of choshech and tzalmavet, and broke apart their chains.
15. Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla'ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
16. For He hath broken down the dlatot nechoshet, and cut asunder the bars of barzel (iron).
17. Fools because of their derech peysha, and because of their avonot (iniquities), were afflicted.