1 “Give thanks to the Lord for he is good,his mercy endures forever!”
2 Let that be the prayer of the Lord’s redeemed,those redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 Those gathered from foreign lands,from east and west, from north and south.
4 Some had lost their way in a barren desert;found no path toward a city to live in.
5 They were hungry and thirsty;their life was ebbing away.
6 In their distress they cried to the Lord,who rescued them in their peril,
7 Guided them by a direct pathso they reached a city to live in.