52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(A)
    he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
    but the sea engulfed(B) their enemies.(C)

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Even to your old age and gray hairs(A)
    I am he,(B) I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
    I will sustain(C) you and I will rescue you.

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Who then is like me?(A) Let him proclaim it.
    Let him declare and lay out before me
what has happened since I established my ancient people,
    and what is yet to come—
    yes, let them foretell(B) what will come.
Do not tremble, do not be afraid.
    Did I not proclaim(C) this and foretell it long ago?
You are my witnesses. Is there any God(D) besides me?
    No, there is no other Rock;(E) I know not one.”

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In all their distress he too was distressed,
    and the angel(A) of his presence(B) saved them.[a]
In his love and mercy he redeemed(C) them;
    he lifted them up and carried(D) them
    all the days of old.(E)
10 Yet they rebelled(F)
    and grieved his Holy Spirit.(G)
So he turned and became their enemy(H)
    and he himself fought(I) against them.

11 Then his people recalled[b] the days of old,
    the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,(J)
    with the shepherd of his flock?(K)
Where is he who set
    his Holy Spirit(L) among them,
12 who sent his glorious arm(M) of power
    to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters(N) before them,
    to gain for himself everlasting renown,(O)
13 who led(P) them through the depths?(Q)
Like a horse in open country,
    they did not stumble;(R)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or Savior in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them
  2. Isaiah 63:11 Or But may he recall

11 I, even I, am the Lord,(A)
    and apart from me there is no savior.(B)
12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
    I, and not some foreign god(C) among you.
You are my witnesses,(D)” declares the Lord, “that I am God.

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16 to him who led his people through the wilderness;(A)
His love endures forever.

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14 He guided them with the cloud by day
    and with light from the fire all night.(A)

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31 and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried(A) you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”(B)

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11 Teach me your way,(A) Lord;
    lead me in a straight path(B)
    because of my oppressors.(C)

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12 By day(A) you led(B) them with a pillar of cloud,(C) and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.

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Psalm 80[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead Joseph like a flock.(A)
You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,(B)
    shine forth

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:1 In Hebrew texts 80:1-19 is numbered 80:2-20.

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