⁶ They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt^(A)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts^(B) and ravines,^(C)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels^(D) and no one lives?’

¹⁰ In a desert^(A) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.^(B)
He shielded^(C) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,^(D)

⁴ “But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.^(A)
You shall acknowledge^(B) no God but me,^(C)
    no Savior^(D) except me.

¹¹ Then his people recalled^[a] the days of old,
    the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,^(A)
    with the shepherd of his flock?^(B)
Where is he who set
    his Holy Spirit^(C) among them,
¹² who sent his glorious arm^(D) of power
    to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters^(E) before them,
    to gain for himself everlasting renown,^(F)
13 who led^(G) them through the depths?^(H)
Like a horse in open country,
    they did not stumble;^(I)

¹⁶ the people living in darkness
    have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
    a light has dawned.”^[a](A)

¹³ The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,^(A)
    by a prophet he cared for him.^(B)

⁸ The priests did not ask,
    ‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;^(A)
    the leaders^(B) rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,^(C)
    following worthless idols.^(D)