Psa 107:4-9 | NET2full | STEP | They wandered through the wilderness , in a wasteland ; they found no road to a city in which to live .

‏ Psalms 107:4-9

4 They wandered through the wilderness, in a wasteland; ^{▼▼tc The MT divides the verse so the line ends “on a wasteland of a road.” The LXX divides the line before “road” as in the translation.}
they found no road to a city in which to live.
5 They were hungry and thirsty;
they fainted from exhaustion. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and their soul in them fainted.”}
6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
7 He led them on a level road ^{▼▼sn A level road. See Jer 31:9.}
that they might find a city in which to live.
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love
and for the amazing things he has done for people. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.”}
9 For he has satisfied those who thirst, ^{▼▼tn Heb “[the] longing throat.” The noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh), which frequently refers to one’s very being or soul, here probably refers to one’s parched “throat” (note the parallelism with נֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה, nefesh reʿevah, “hungry throat”).}
and those who hunger he has filled with food. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and [the] hungry throat he has filled [with] good.”}