29. He made the storm as quiet as a whisper. The waves of the ocean calmed down.
30. The people were glad when the ocean became calm. Then he guided them to the harbor they were looking for.
31. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love. Let them give thanks for the miracles he does for his people.
32. Let them honor him among his people who gather for worship. Let them praise him in the meeting of the elders.
33. He turned rivers into a desert. He turned flowing springs into thirsty ground.
34. He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow. He did it because the people who lived there were evil.
35. He turned the desert into pools of water. He turned the dry and cracked ground into flowing springs.
36. He brought hungry people there to live. They built a city where they could settle down.
37. They planted fields and vineyards that produced large crops.
38. He blessed the people, and they greatly increased their numbers. He kept their herds from getting smaller.
39. Then the number of God's people got smaller. They were brought low by trouble, suffering and sorrow.
40. The One who looks down on proud nobles made them wander in a desert where no one lives.
41. But he lifted needy people out of their suffering. He made their families increase like flocks of sheep.