12  “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,

ⁱ“return to me with all your heart,

^jwith fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;

^g“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;

the horse and his rider¹ he has thrown into the sea.

2  ^hThe Lord is my strength and my ⁱsong,

and he has become ^jmy salvation;

this is my God, and I will praise him,

^kmy father’s God, and ^lI will exalt him.

3  The Lord is ^ma man of war;

ⁿthe Lord is his name.

4  ^o“Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea,

and his chosen ^pofficers were sunk in the Red Sea.

5  The ^qfloods covered them;

they ^rwent down into the depths like a stone.

6  ^sYour right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,

your right hand, O Lord, ^tshatters the enemy.

7  In the ^ugreatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;

you send out your fury; it ^vconsumes them like stubble.

8  At the ^wblast of your nostrils the waters piled up;

the ^xfloods stood up in a heap;

the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.

9  The enemy said, ^y‘I will pursue, I will overtake,

I ^zwill divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.

I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’

10  You ^ablew with your wind; the ^bsea covered them;

they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

11  ^c“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?

Who is like you, majestic in holiness,

awesome in ^dglorious deeds, ^edoing wonders?

12  You stretched out ^fyour right hand;

the earth swallowed them.

13  “You have ^gled in your steadfast love the people whom ^hyou have redeemed;

you have ⁱguided them by your strength to your holy abode.

14  ^jThe peoples have heard; they tremble;

pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

15  Now are the chiefs of Edom ^kdismayed;

trembling seizes the leaders of ^lMoab;

^mall the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

16  Terror and ⁿdread fall upon them;

because of the greatness of your arm, they are still ^oas a stone,

till your people, O Lord, pass by,

till the people pass by whom ^pyou have purchased.

17  You will bring them in and ^qplant them on your own mountain,

the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode,

^rthe sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.

18  ^sThe Lord will reign forever and ever.”

1  ^gOh give thanks to the Lord, ^hfor he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever!

2  Let ⁱthe redeemed of the Lord say so,

whom he has ^jredeemed from trouble¹

3  and ^kgathered in from the lands,

from the east and from the west,

from the north and from the south.

4  Some ^lwandered in desert wastes,

finding no way ^mto a city to dwell in;

5  hungry and thirsty,

their soul ⁿfainted within them.

6  Then they ^ocried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

7  He led them by ^pa straight way

till they reached ^ma city to dwell in.

8  ^qLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

9  For he ^rsatisfies the longing soul,

^sand the hungry soul he fills with good things.

10  ^tSome sat in darkness and in ^uthe shadow of death,

prisoners in ^vaffliction and in irons,

11  for they ^whad rebelled against the words of God,

and ^xspurned the counsel of the Most High.

12  So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;

they fell down, ^ywith none to help.

13  ^zThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

14  He brought them out of ^adarkness and the shadow of death,

and ^bburst their bonds apart.

15  ^cLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

16  For he ^dshatters the doors of bronze

and cuts in two the bars of iron.

17  Some were ^efools through their sinful ways,

and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

18  ^fthey loathed any kind of food,

and they ^gdrew near to ^hthe gates of death.

19  ⁱThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

20  He ^jsent out his word and ^khealed them,

and ^ldelivered them from their destruction.

21  ^mLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

22  And let them ⁿoffer sacrifices of thanksgiving,

and ^otell of his deeds in ^psongs of joy!

23  Some ^qwent down to the sea in ships,

doing business on the great waters;

24  they saw the deeds of the Lord,

his wondrous works in the deep.

25  For he ^rcommanded and ^sraised the stormy wind,

which lifted up the waves of the sea.

26  They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;

their courage ^tmelted away in their evil plight;

27  they reeled and ^ustaggered like drunken men

and ^vwere at their wits’ end.²

28  ^wThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

29  He ^xmade the storm be still,

and the waves of the sea were hushed.

30  Then they were glad that the waters³ were quiet,

and he brought them to their desired haven.

31  ^yLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

32  Let them ^zextol him in ^athe congregation of the people,

and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33  He ^bturns rivers into a desert,

springs of water into thirsty ground,

34  ^ca fruitful land into a salty waste,

because of the evil of its inhabitants.

35  He ^dturns a desert into pools of water,

^ea parched land into springs of water.

36  And there he lets the hungry dwell,

and they establish ^fa city to live in;

37  they sow fields and plant vineyards

and get a fruitful yield.

38  ^gBy his blessing they multiply greatly,

and he does not let their livestock diminish.

39  When they are diminished and brought low

through oppression, evil, and sorrow,

40  ^hhe pours contempt on princes

and ⁱmakes them wander ^jin trackless wastes;

41  but ^khe raises up the needy out of affliction

and ^lmakes their families like flocks.

42  ^mThe upright see it and are glad,

and ⁿall wickedness shuts its mouth.

43  ^oWhoever is wise, let him attend to these things;

let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.