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

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.

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

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

The Lord found Israel in a desert. He found them in an empty and windy land. He took care of them and kept them safe. He guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.

He led you through that huge and terrible desert. It was a dry land. It didn’t have any water. It had poisonous snakes and scorpions. The Lord gave you water out of solid rock.

The Lord your God has blessed you in everything your hands have done. He watched over you when you traveled through that huge desert. For these 40 years the Lord your God has been with you. So you have had everything you need.

But now you know God. Even better, God knows you. So why are you turning back to those weak and worthless powers? Do you want to be slaves to them all over again?

But whoever loves God is known by God.

I will be glad and full of joy because you love me. You saw that I was hurting. You took note of my great pain.

When I grow weak, you are watching over my life. In the path where I walk, people have hidden a trap to catch me.

The Lord watches over the lives of godly people. But the lives of sinful people will lead to their death.

“ Go. Announce my message to the people in Jerusalem. I want everyone to hear it. Tell them,“ Here is what the Lord says.“‘ I remember how faithful you were to me when you were young. You loved me as if you were my bride. You followed me through the desert. Nothing had been planted there.

God, you are my God. I seek you with all my heart. With all my strength I thirst for you in this dry desert where there isn’t any water.

So God looked on the Israelites with concern for them.

They did not ask,‘ Where is the Lord? He brought us up out of Egypt. He led us through a dry and empty land. He guided us through deserts and deep valleys. It was a land of total darkness where there wasn’t any rain. No one lived or traveled there.’

The Lord is good. When people are in trouble, they can go to him for safety. He takes good care of those who trust in him.