² Let the redeemed^(C) of the Lord tell their story—
    those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
³ those he gathered^(D) from the lands,
    from east and west, from north and south.^[a]

⁴ Some wandered in desert^(E) wastelands,
    finding no way to a city^(F) where they could settle.
⁵ They were hungry^(G) and thirsty,^(H)
    and their lives ebbed away.
⁶ Then they cried out^(I) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He led them by a straight way^(J)
    to a city^(K) where they could settle.

³³ He turned rivers into a desert,^(A)
    flowing springs^(B) into thirsty ground,
³⁴ and fruitful land into a salt waste,^(C)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
³⁵ He turned the desert into pools of water^(D)
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;^(E)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
³⁷ They sowed fields and planted vineyards^(F)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;