³² “Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty^(A) and awesome,^(B) who keeps his covenant of love,^(C) do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes—the hardship^(D) that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

⁹ “You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt;^(A) you heard their cry at the Red Sea.^{[a](B) 10} You sent signs^(C) and wonders^(D) 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^(E) for yourself,^(F) which remains to this day. ¹¹ You divided the sea before them,^(G) so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths,^(H) like a stone into mighty waters.^{(I) 12} By day^(J) you led^(K) them with a pillar of cloud,^(L) 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;^(M) you spoke^(N) to them from heaven.^(O) You gave them regulations and laws that are just^(P) and right, and decrees and commands that are good.^{(Q) 14} You made known to them your holy Sabbath^(R) and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses. ¹⁵ In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven^(S) and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock;^(T) you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand^(U) to give them.^(V)

“This is what your brother Israel says: You know^(C) about all the hardships^(D) that have come on us.