9 You saw the oppression of our ancestors in Egyptai

and heard their cry at the Red Sea.

10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,

all his officials, and all the people of his land,aj

for you knew how arrogantly they treated our ancestors.

You made a name for yourself

that endures to this day.

11 You divided the sea before them,

and they crossed through it on dry ground.ak

You hurled their pursuers into the depths

like a stone into raging water.al

12 You led them with a pillar of cloud by day,

and with a pillar of fire by night,

to illuminate the way they should go.am

13 You came down on Mount Sinai,an

and spoke to them from heaven.

You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions,

and good statutes and commands.

14 You revealed your holy Sabbath to them,

and gave them commands, statutes, and instruction

through your servant Moses.a

15 You provided bread from heavenb for their hunger;

you brought them water from the rockc for their thirst.

You told them to go in and possess the land

you had swornA to give them.d

16 But our ancestors acted arrogantly;

they became stiff-necked and did not listen to your commands.

17 They refused to listen

and did not remember your wonders

you performed among them.e

They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader

to return to their slavery in Egypt.B,f

But you are a forgiving God,

gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,g

and you did not abandon them.

18 Even after they had cast an image of a calf

for themselves and said,

“This is your god who brought you out of Egypt,”h

and they had committed terrible blasphemies,

19 you did not abandon them in the wilderness

because of your great compassion.

During the day the pillar of cloud

never turned away from them,

guiding them on their journey.

And during the night the pillar of fire

illuminated the way they should go.i

20 You sent your good Spiritj to instruct them.

You did not withhold your mannak from their mouths,

and you gave them water for their thirst.l

21 You provided for them in the wilderness forty years,m

and they lacked nothing.

Their clothes did not wear out,

and their feet did not swell.n