This Psalm, called the Psalm of Thanksgiving, describes four perilous situations from which God redeems us, and for which the Talmud ordains a special blessing.

"GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR HE IS GOOD, HIS KINDNESS ENDURES FOREVER. Let those redeemed by God say it, those He redeemed from the hand of Trouble. And from the lands He gathered them, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south...

1) They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate path, an inhabited city they did not find. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried out to God in their trouble, from their distress He rescued them. And He led them in a straight path which brought them to an inhabited city. LET THEM THANK GOD FOR HIS KINDNESS, AND FOR HIS WONDERS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN...

2) Those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron. For they defied the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the Most High... They cried out to God in their trouble, and from their distress He delivered them. LET THEM THANK GOD FOR HIS KINDNESS, AND FOR HIS WONDERS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN. For He has broken the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron asunder...

3) The foolish were afflicted on account of their sinful ways and iniquities. Their soul abhorred all food, and they came near the gates of death. They cried out to God in their trouble, and from their distress He delivered them. He sent His word and healed them, and they thus eluded their destruction. LET THEM THANK GOD FOR HIS KINDNESS, AND FOR HIS WONDERS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN...

4) Those who go down to the sea in ships, that do work in mighty waters... He spoke and raised a stormwind, and lifted up its waves. They rise to the sky and descend to the depths, their soul melts away in misery... They called out to God in their trouble, and from their distress He removed them. He calmed the storm, and made the waves still... LET THEM THANK GOD FOR HIS KINDNESS, AND FOR HIS WONDERS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN...

The upright will see this and rejoice, and all iniquity will shut its mouth. Whoever is wise will consider these things, and will contemplate the kindnesses of God."