“Blessed be your glorious name,^(F) and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. ⁶ You alone are the Lord.^(G) You made the heavens,^(H) even the highest heavens, and all their starry host,^(I) the earth^(J) and all that is on it, the seas^(K) and all that is in them.^(L) You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven^(M) worship you.

⁷ “You are the Lord God, who chose Abram^(N) and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans^(O) and named him Abraham.^{(P) 8} You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites.^(Q) You have kept your promise^(R) because you are righteous.^(S)

⁹ “You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt;^(T) you heard their cry at the Red Sea.^{[b](U) 10} You sent signs^(V) and wonders^(W) against Pharaoh, against all his officials and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly the Egyptians treated them. You made a name^(X) for yourself,^(Y) which remains to this day. ¹¹ You divided the sea before them,^(Z) so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths,^(AA) like a stone into mighty waters.^{(AB) 12} By day^(AC) you led^(AD) them with a pillar of cloud,^(AE) and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.

¹³ “You came down on Mount Sinai;^(AF) you spoke^(AG) to them from heaven.^(AH) You gave them regulations and laws that are just^(AI) and right, and decrees and commands that are good.^{(AJ) 14} You made known to them your holy Sabbath^(AK) and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses. ¹⁵ In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven^(AL) and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock;^(AM) you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand^(AN) to give them.^(AO)

¹⁶ “But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked,^(AP) and they did not obey your commands.^{(AQ) 17} They refused to listen and failed to remember^(AR) the miracles^(AS) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked^(AT) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.^(AU) But you are a forgiving God,^(AV) gracious and compassionate,^(AW) slow to anger^(AX) and abounding in love.^(AY) Therefore you did not desert them,^{(AZ) 18} even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf^(BA) and said, ‘This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ or when they committed awful blasphemies.^(BB)

¹⁹ “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon^(BC) them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud^(BD) did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. ²⁰ You gave your good Spirit^(BE) to instruct^(BF) them. You did not withhold your manna^(BG) from their mouths, and you gave them water^(BH) for their thirst. ²¹ For forty years^(BI) you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,^(BJ) their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.^(BK)

²² “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon^[c](BL) king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.^{(BM) 23} You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky,^(BN) and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess. ²⁴ Their children went in and took possession of the land.^(BO) You subdued^(BP) before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you gave the Canaanites into their hands, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased. ²⁵ They captured fortified cities and fertile land;^(BQ) they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,^(BR) wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished;^(BS) they reveled in your great goodness.^(BT)