Prayer and Praise

14 Shepherdj your people with your staff,k

the flock of your inheritance,

which lives by itself in a forest,

in fertile pasturelands.a l

Let them feed in Bashanm and Gileadn

as in days long ago.o

15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,

I will show them my wonders.p”

16 Nations will see and be ashamed,q

deprived of all their power.

They will put their hands over their mouthsr

and their ears will become deaf.

17 They will lick dusts like a snake,

like creatures that crawl on the ground.

They will come tremblingt out of their dens;

they will turn in fearu to the Lord our God

and will be afraid of you.

18 Who is a Godv like you,

who pardons sinw and forgivesx the transgression

of the remnanty of his inheritance?z

You do not stay angrya forever

but delight to show mercy.b

19 You will again have compassion on us;

you will tread our sins underfoot

and hurl all our iniquitiesc into the depths of the sea.d

20 You will be faithful to Jacob,

and show love to Abraham,e

as you pledged on oath to our ancestorsf

in days long ago.g