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

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 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.

“ He found him in a desert land And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.

who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock;

“ For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.”’

But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.

I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, For You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities,

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Then You knew my path. In the way in which I walk They have secretly set a snare for me.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

“ Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying,‘ Thus says the Lord:“ I remember you, The kindness of your youth, The love of your betrothal, When you went after Me in the wilderness, In a land not sown.

O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.

And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.

Neither did they say,‘ Where is the Lord, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and the shadow of death, Through a land that no one crossed And where no one dwelt?’

The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.