Children's Bible

<h3>GOD WHO PROTECTS FROM ALL DANGER</h3> <div class='poem'> Give thanks to the Lord, for his goodness,<br/> For his love endures forever.<br/> Let those he has redeemed say so,<br/> Whom he has set free from the hand of the foe,<br/> And gathered together from many lands,<br/> From the east, from the west,<br/> From the north and the south.<br/> <br/> Some strayed in the barren wilderness,<br/> Finding no inhabited city,<br/> Hungry, indeed, and thirsty,<br/> Their very life ebbing away.<br/> Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,<br/> And he saved them from their distresses.<br/> He led them along the right way,<br/> Till they reached an inhabited city.<br/> Let them praise the Lord for his love,<br/> And his wonderful works unto men!<br/> For he satisfies the longing soul,<br/> And the hungry he fills with good things.<br/> <br/> Some dwelt in darkness and gloom,<br/> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_198" id="Page_198">[198]</SPAN></span>Being bound in affliction and iron,<br/> Because they had rebelled against God,<br/> And despised the counsel of the Most High.<br/> He humbled their heart with sorrow;<br/> When they fell, there was none to help them.<br/> Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,<br/> And he saved them from their distresses.<br/> Out of darkness and gloom he brought them,<br/> And broke their bonds in pieces.<br/> Let them praise the Lord for his love,<br/> And his wonderful works unto men!<br/> For he shattered the gates of brass,<br/> And hewed bars of iron asunder.<br/> <br/> Fools because of their wrong-doing,<br/> And because of their sins were afflicted;<br/> They hated all kinds of food,<br/> And drew near to the gates of death.<br/> Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,<br/> And he saved them from all their distresses.<br/> He sent his command to heal them,<br/> And saved their life from destruction.<br/> Let them praise the Lord for his love,<br/> And his wonderful works unto men!<br/> Let them sacrifice to him a thank-offering,<br/> And with joy recount his deeds.<br/> <br/> Those who go to the sea in ships,<br/> Who do business in great waters,<br/> They see the works of the Lord,<br/> And his wonders in the great deep.<br/> When he speaks, the tempest rises,<br/> And tosses the waves on high.<br/> Up to heaven, then down they go,<br/> Their courage melts at the danger,<br/> They stagger and reel like drunkards,<br/> And their skill is all exhausted.<br/> Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble,<br/> And he saves them from their distresses.<br/> He makes the tempest a calm,<br/> And the waves of the sea are still.<br/> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_199" id="Page_199">[199]</SPAN></span>They are glad when the waves go down;<br/> To the haven they long for he brings them.<br/> Let them praise the Lord for his love,<br/> For his wonderful works unto men;<br/> In the popular assembly extol him,<br/> In the council of elders praise him.<br/></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />