All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over men.

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.¹

1. 106:7Or, ‘on a straight path.’ The phrase ‘civitatem habitationis’ refers to a livable city, unlike the cities of the unbelievers, which are places of desolation for those who believe.(Conte)

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.

¹⁶ For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars.

¹⁷ He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices.

¹⁸ Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death.

¹⁹ And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.

²⁰ He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.

²¹ Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

²² And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation.

²³ Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:

²⁴ these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.

²⁵ He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.

²⁶ They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.

²⁷ They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.

²⁸ And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.

²⁹ And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.

³⁰ And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.

³¹ Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

³² And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders.

³³ He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places,

³⁴ a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.¹

1. 106:34The fruitful land in the midst of brine symbolizes the faithful living in the midst of persons of malice.(Conte)

³⁵ He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.

³⁶ And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.

³⁷ And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.

³⁸ And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.

³⁹ And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.

⁴⁰ Contempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way.

⁴¹ And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.

⁴² The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth.

⁴³ Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?