2 Let the people the Lord defended repeat these words.They are the people he defended from the power of their enemies
3 and gathered from other countries,from the east and from the west,from the north and from the south.
4 They wandered around the desert on a deserted roadwithout finding an inhabited city.
5 They were hungry and thirsty.They began to lose hope.
6 In their distress they cried out to the Lord.He rescued them from their troubles.
7 He led them on a road that went straight to an inhabited city.
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy.He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants.