¹⁶ “But they, our fathers, ^(A)acted presumptuously;
They ^[a](B)became stiff-necked and would not listen to Your commandments.
¹⁷ They refused to listen,
And ^(C)did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You did among them;
So they became stiff-necked and ^(D)gave themselves a chief to return to their slavery ^[b]in Egypt.
But You are a God ^(E)of lavish forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not forsake them.

¹⁰ They ^(A)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to ^(B)walk in His law;