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

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 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.

He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched over them; he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.

Do not forget that he led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock!

For the Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched your every step through this great wilderness. During these forty years, the Lord your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing.”’

So now that you know God( or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?

But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes.

I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul.

When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me.

For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.

“ Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the Lord says:“ I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.

O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.

He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act.

They did not ask,‘ Where is the Lord who brought us safely out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness— a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and death, where no one lives or even travels?’

The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him.