⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.^(A)
7 Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wonderful works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love
    but rebelled against the Most High^[a] at the Red Sea.^[b](B)

¹⁹ They made a calf at Horeb
    and worshiped a cast image.^(A)
20 They exchanged the glory of God^[a]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.^(B)
21 They forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,^(C)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.^[b](D)
23 Therefore he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.^(E)