Nehemiah 9:9–15

⁹“^aYou saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt,

And ^bheard their cry by the ¹Red Sea.

¹⁰“Then You performed ^asigns and wonders against Pharaoh,

Against all his servants and all the people of his land;

For You knew that ^bthey acted arrogantly toward them,

And ^cmade a name for Yourself as it is this day.

¹¹“^aYou divided the sea before them,

So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground;

And ^btheir pursuers You hurled into the depths,

Like a stone into ¹raging waters.

¹²“And with a pillar of cloud ^aYou led them by day,

And with a pillar of fire by night

To light for them the way

In which they were to go.

¹³“Then ^aYou came down on Mount Sinai,

And ^bspoke with them from heaven;

You gave them ^cjust ordinances and true laws,

Good statutes and commandments.

¹⁴“So You made known to them ^aYour holy sabbath,

And laid down for them commandments, statutes and law,

Through Your servant Moses.

¹⁵“You ^aprovided bread from heaven for them for their hunger,

You ^bbrought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst,

And You ^ctold them to enter in order to possess

The land which You ¹swore to give them.