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First Crisis: The Wilderness

They wandered in the wilderness, in the wasteland.
They did not find the way to a city where they could live.
They were hungry and also thirsty,
so their lives were draining away.

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Then they cried out to the Lord in their distress.
He delivered them from their troubles.

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Some wandered in desert(A) wastelands,
    finding no way to a city(B) where they could settle.
They were hungry(C) and thirsty,(D)
    and their lives ebbed away.
Then they cried out(E) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.

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