3. the ones God gathered from various countries,from east and west, north and south.
4. Some of the redeemed had wandered into the desert, into the wasteland.They couldn’t find their way to a city or town.
5. They were hungry and thirsty;their lives were slipping away.
6. So they cried out to the Lord in their distress,and God delivered them from their desperate circumstances.
7. God led them straight to human habitation.
8. Let them thank the Lord for his faithful loveand his wondrous works for all people,
9. because God satisfied the one who was parched with thirst,and he filled up the hungry with good things!
10. Some of the redeemed had been sitting in darkness and deep gloom;they were prisoners suffering in chains
11. because they had disobeyed God’s instructionsand rejected the Most High’s plans.
12. So God humbled them with hard work.They stumbled, and there was no one to help them.
13. So they cried out to the Lord in their distress,and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
14. God brought them out from the darkness and deep gloom;he shattered their chains.
15. Let them thank the Lord for his faithful loveand his wondrous works for all people,