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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

that we may give thanks to Your Holy Name and glo ry in Your
praise. Praise be to the Lord, from ev er last ing to ev er last ing. Let
all the peo ple say, "Amen!" Praise the Lord. (Psalms, 106:1-48)

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love en dures for ev er.
Let the re deemed of the Lord say this those He re deemed from
the hand of the foe, those He gath ered from the lands, from east
and west, from north and south. Some wan dered in desert waste -
lands, find ing no way to a city where they could set tle. They were
hun gry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried
out to the Lord in their troub le, and He de liv ered them from

their dis tress. For He sat is fies the thirsty and fills the hun gry
with good things. Then they cried to the Lord in their troub le,
and He saved them from their dis tress. He brought them out of
dark ness and the deep est gloom and broke away their chains.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His un fail ing love and His

won der ful deeds for men. Then they cried to the Lord in their
troub le, and He saved them from their dis tress. Let them give
thanks to the Lord for His un fail ing love and His won der ful
deeds for men. Let them sac ri fice thank of fer ings and tell of his
works with songs of joy. Others went out on the sea in ships; they
were mer chants on the mighty wa ters. They saw the works of the
Lord, His won der ful deeds in the deep. For He spoke and stirred

up a tem pest that lift ed high the waves. They mount ed up to the
heav ens and went down to the depths; in their per il their cour age
melt ed away... they were at their wits' end. Then they cried out to
the Lord in their troub le, and He brought them out of their dis -
tress. He stilled the storm to a whis per; the waves of the sea were

hush ed. They were glad when it grew calm, and He guid ed them
to their de sired ha ven. Let them give thanks to the Lord for His

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