I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was.

我曾在旷野干旱之地认识你。

我曾在旷野，就是那干旱之地认识你。

我曾在旷野，就是那干旱之地认识你。

我曾在干旱的旷野照顾你们，

我曾在旷野，在干旱之地，认识你。

我曾在曠野乾旱之地認識你。

我曾在曠野，就是那乾旱之地認識你。

我曾在曠野，就是那乾旱之地認識你。

我曾在乾旱的曠野照顧你們，

我曾在曠野，在乾旱之地，認識你。

在曠野是我同你知交，在亢旱之地是我牧養了你。

我在曠野旱乾之地識爾、

昔在曠野無水之地、我垂顧爾、

昔在曠野、旱乾無水之地、我垂顧爾、

I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.

I took care of you in the desert. It was a land of burning heat.

It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;

I took care of you in the wilderness, in that dry and thirsty land.

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.

I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

The LORD found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.

and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and

All along the way I, the LORD your God, have blessed your every effort. I have been attentive to your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have been with you; you have lacked for nothing.’”

But now that you have come to know God( or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.

Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

“ Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem:‘ This is what the LORD says:“ I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years. I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.

O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

God saw the Israelites, and God understood….

They did not ask:‘ Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’

The LORD is good– indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.