“I remember you,
The kindness of your ^(A)youth,
The love of your betrothal,
^(B)When you ^[a]went after Me in the wilderness,
In a land not sown.

¹¹ Then he ^(H)remembered the days of old,
Moses and his people, saying:
“Where is He who ^(I)brought them up out of the sea
With the ^[b]shepherd of His flock?
^(J)Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them,
¹² Who led them by the right hand of Moses,
^(K)With His glorious arm,
^(L)Dividing the water before them
To make for Himself an everlasting name,
^13 (M)Who led them through the deep,
As a horse in the wilderness,
That they might not stumble?”

¹⁴ As a beast goes down into the valley,
And the Spirit of the Lord causes him to rest,
So You lead Your people,
^(N)To make Yourself a glorious name.

¹³ “You^(B) came down also on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven,
And gave them ^(C)just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.
¹⁴ You made known to them Your ^(D)holy Sabbath,
And commanded them precepts, statutes and laws,
By the hand of Moses Your servant.
¹⁵ You ^(E)gave them bread from heaven for their hunger,
And ^(F)brought them water out of the rock for their thirst,
And told them to ^(G)go in to possess the land
Which You had ^[a]sworn to give them.

¹⁶ “But^(H) they and our fathers acted ^[b]proudly,
^(I)Hardened^[c] their necks,
And did not heed Your commandments.
¹⁷ They refused to obey,
And ^(J)they were not mindful of Your wonders
That You did among them.
But they hardened their necks,
And ^[d]in their rebellion
They appointed ^(K)a leader
To return to their bondage.
But You are God,
Ready to pardon,
^(L)Gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger,
Abundant in kindness,
And did not forsake them.

¹⁸ “Even ^(M)when they made a molded calf for themselves,
And said, ‘This is your god
That brought you up out of Egypt,’
And worked great provocations,
¹⁹ Yet in Your ^(N)manifold mercies
You did not forsake them in the wilderness.
The ^(O)pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day,
To lead them on the road;
Nor the pillar of fire by night,
To show them light,
And the way they should go.
²⁰ You also gave Your ^(P)good Spirit to instruct them,
And did not withhold Your ^(Q)manna from their mouth,
And gave them ^(R)water for their thirst.
^21 (S)Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness;
They lacked nothing;
Their ^(T)clothes did not wear out
And their feet did not swell.