²¹ But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not keep and do my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the waste land.

¹ Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

² Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

³ And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

⁶ Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,

⁷ he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.

⁸ Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

⁹ For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.