⁷ “You are the Lord God, who chose Abram^(A) and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans^(B) and named him Abraham.^{(C) 8} You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites.^(D) You have kept your promise^(E) because you are righteous.^(F)

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