⁴ Some of you were lost
in the scorching desert,
    far from a town.
⁵ You were hungry and thirsty
    and about to give up.
⁶ You were in serious trouble,
but you prayed to the Lord,
    and he rescued you.
⁷ At once he brought you
    to a town.

³³ If you start doing wrong,
the Lord will turn rivers
    into deserts,
^34 (A) flowing streams
    into scorched land,
and fruitful fields
    into beds of salt.

³⁵ But the Lord can also turn
    deserts into lakes
and scorched land
    into flowing streams.
³⁶ If you are hungry,
you can settle there
    and build a town.
³⁷ You can plant fields
and vineyards that produce
    a good harvest.