²³ Then ^(A)Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob ^(B)sojourned in ^(C)the land of Ham.
²⁴ And the Lord ^(D)made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes.
²⁵ He ^(E)turned their hearts to hate his people,
    to ^(F)deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶ He ^(G)sent Moses, his servant,
    and Aaron, ^(H)whom he had chosen.
^27 (I)They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in ^(J)the land of Ham.
²⁸ He ^(K)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
    they ^(L)did not rebel^[a] against his words.
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood
    and ^(M)caused their fish to die.
³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in ^(N)the chambers of their kings.
³¹ He spoke, and there came ^(O)swarms of flies,
    ^(P)and gnats throughout their country.
³² He gave them hail for rain,
    and fiery ^(Q)lightning bolts through their land.
³³ He struck down their vines and fig trees,
    and ^(R)shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke, and the ^(S)locusts came,
    young locusts without number,
³⁵ which devoured all the vegetation in their land
    and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He ^(T)struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    ^(U)the firstfruits of all their strength.

³⁷ Then he brought out Israel with ^(V)silver and gold,
    and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
^38 (W)Egypt was glad when they departed,
    for ^(X)dread of them had fallen upon it.

³⁹ He ^(Y)spread a cloud for a covering,
    and fire to give light by night.
^40 (Z)They asked, and he ^(AA)brought quail,
    and gave them ^(AB)bread from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹ He opened the rock, and ^(AC)water gushed out;
    it flowed through ^(AD)the desert like a river.
⁴² For he ^(AE)remembered his holy promise,
    and ^(AF)Abraham, his servant.

⁴³ So he brought his people out with joy,
    his ^(AG)chosen ones with ^(AH)singing.
⁴⁴ And he ^(AI)gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
⁴⁵ that they might ^(AJ)keep his statutes
    and ^(AK)observe his laws.
^(AL)Praise the Lord!

² “Should ^(B)a multitude of words go unanswered,
    and a man full of talk be judged right?
³ Should your babble silence men,
    and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
⁴ For ^(C)you say, ‘My ^(D)doctrine is pure,
    and I am clean in God's^[a] eyes.’
⁵ But oh, that God would speak
    and open his lips to you,
⁶ and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
    For he is manifold in ^(E)understanding.^[b]
Know then that God ^(F)exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

^7 (G)“Can you find out the deep things of God?
    Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
⁸ It is ^(H)higher than heaven^[c]—what can you do?
    Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
⁹ Its measure is longer than the earth
    and broader than the sea.
¹⁰ If he ^(I)passes through and ^(J)imprisons
    and summons the court, who can ^(K)turn him back?
¹¹ For he knows ^(L)worthless men;
    when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
¹² But a stupid man will get understanding
    when ^(M)a wild donkey's colt is ^(N)born a man!

¹³ “If you ^(O)prepare your heart,
    you will ^(P)stretch out your hands toward him.
¹⁴ If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
    and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
¹⁵ Surely then you will ^(Q)lift up your face without ^(R)blemish;
    you will be secure and will not fear.
¹⁶ You will ^(S)forget your misery;
    you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
¹⁷ And your life will be ^(T)brighter than the noonday;
    its darkness will be like the morning.
¹⁸ And you will feel secure, because there is hope;
    you will look around and ^(U)take your rest in security.
¹⁹ You will ^(V)lie down, and none will make you afraid;
    many will ^(W)court your favor.
²⁰ But ^(X)the eyes of the wicked will fail;
    all way of escape will be lost to them,
    and their hope is ^(Y)to breathe their last.”

^(K)“Today, if you hear his voice,
⁸ do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
    on the day of testing in the wilderness,
⁹ where your fathers put me to the test
    and saw my works for ^(L)forty years.
¹⁰ Therefore I was provoked with that generation,
and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart;
    they have not known my ways.’
^11 (M)As I swore in my wrath,
    ‘They shall not enter my rest.’”

^(R)“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”