I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother.

You let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but You brought us out to abundance.

God, when You went out before Your people,
when You marched through the desert,Selah

But as for me, my feet almost slipped;
my steps nearly went astray.

Your way went through the sea
and Your path through the great waters,
but Your footprints were unseen.

He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph
when He went throughout the land of Egypt.

I heard an unfamiliar language:

Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast waters.

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep Your word.