31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing loveand his wonderful deeds for mankind.
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the peopleand praise him in the council of the elders.
33 He turned rivers into a desert,flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of waterand the parched ground into flowing springs;
36 there he brought the hungry to live,and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyardsthat yielded a fruitful harvest;