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Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness[a]
    and for the wonders he does for people.
He has satisfied the thirsty
    and filled the hungry with good things.
10 [b]Some sat in darkness and the shadow of death,[c]
    bound in misery and in chains,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 107:8 This refrain is repeated in verses 15, 21, 31. Kindness: see note on Ps 6:5. Wonders: see note on Ps 9:2 concerning God’s wonders.
  2. Psalm 107:10 The psalmist evokes God’s deliverance of his people from foreign bondage, especially in the return from the Exile (see Isa 43:5f; 49:12; Zec 8:7f). In addition, guilt, darkness, grinding toil, and the constriction of chains, gates, and bars are apt figures for the fallen state of human beings.
  3. Psalm 107:10 See Pss 105:18; 149:8; Isa 42:7; 49:9. The Exile was a chastisement (see Lev 26:41ff; Job 33:19; 36:8ff; Prov 3:12), announced by the Prophets. Shadow of death: see note on Ps 23:4.

Let them give thanks(A) to the Lord for his unfailing love(B)
    and his wonderful deeds(C) for mankind,
for he satisfies(D) the thirsty
    and fills the hungry with good things.(E)

10 Some sat in darkness,(F) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering(G) in iron chains,(H)

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