⁸ “After Jacob^(A) entered Egypt, they cried^(B) to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent^(C) Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

¹⁴ Then the Lord’s anger burned^(A) against Moses and he said, “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet^(B) you, and he will be glad to see you. ¹⁵ You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth;^(C) I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. ¹⁶ He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth^(D) and as if you were God to him.^(E)

²³ During that long period,^(A) the king of Egypt died.^(B) The Israelites groaned in their slavery^(C) and cried out, and their cry^(D) for help because of their slavery went up to God. ²⁴ God heard their groaning and he remembered^(E) his covenant^(F) with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.

¹⁵ Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.^(A)

Psalm 44^[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.^[b]

⁶ Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought^(A) your ancestors up out of Egypt.

¹⁸ and said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed^(A) you.’