לְמוֹלִ֣יךְ עַ֭מּוֹ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃
צו דעם װאָס האָט געפֿירט זײַן פֿאָלק אין דער מדבר, װאָרום אױף אײביק איז זײַן חֶסד.
Midrash BeChiddush
לְמוֹלִ֣יךְ עַ֭מּוֹ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר “Who led His people through the wilderness,” (Ps. 136:16) This refers to the generation of Reu. Just as God shepherded (Ro’eh) the people through the wilderness for forty years, so God shepherded the generation of Reu with loving- kindness - that is why he was called Reu. Or it could be from the word Reiyah, grazing; in his generation there was a famine.