31. Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
32. Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the company of the elders.
33. He turns rivers into a wilderness, water springs into a thirsty ground, [I Kings 17:1, 7.]
34. A fruitful land into a barren, salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. [Gen. 13:10; 14:3; 19:25.]
35. He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry ground into water springs; [Isa. 41:18.]
36. And there He makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation,
37. And sow fields, and plant vineyards which yield fruits of increase.
38. He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and allows not their cattle to decrease.
39. When they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
40. He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in waste places where there is no road.