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.