Neh. 9:7‑15,19‑21,27,31• 7Thou art the Same, Jehovah Elohim, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
8and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest the covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites,--to give it to his seed; and thou hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous.
9And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;
10and didst shew signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants, and upon all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and thou didst make thee a name, as it is this day.
11And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they went through the midst of the sea on dry ground; and their pursuers thou threwest into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
12And thou leddest them in the day by a pillar of cloud, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
13And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
14And thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.
15And thou gavest them bread from the heavens for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst say to them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
19yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them on the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
20Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
21Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.
27And thou gavest them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them; and in the time of their distress, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from the heavens, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their oppressors.
31Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful *God. (Neh. 9:7‑15,19‑21,27,31)
Psa. 78:11‑72• 11And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.
12In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.
13He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and made the waters to stand as a heap;
14And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.
15He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the depths, abundantly;
16And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;
18And they tempted *God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
19And they spoke against God: they said, Is *God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
20Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?
21Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:
22Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;
23Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,
24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.
25Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.
26He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;
27And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,
28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:
29And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.
30They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,
31When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;
33And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after *God;
35And they remembered that God was their rock, and *God, the Most High, their redeemer.
36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;
37For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed them not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:
39And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.
40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41And they turned again and tempted *God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.
42They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,
43How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;
44And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;
45He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;
46And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;
47He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;
48And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress,--a mission of angels of woes.
50He made a way for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.
52And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
53And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.
54And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;
55And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,
57And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.
58And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,
61And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;
62And delivered up his people unto the sword, and was very wroth with his inheritance:
63The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in nuptial song;
64Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
65Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;
66And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.
67And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;
69And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
70And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands. (Psa. 78:11‑72)
Psa. 105:5‑45• 5Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:
6Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7He, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
8He is ever mindful of his covenant,--the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,--
9Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
10And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
12When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.
13And they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
14He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,
15Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.
16And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
17He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.
18They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;
19Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.
20The king sent and loosed him--the ruler of peoples--and let him go free.
21He made him lord of his house, and ruler over all his possessions:
22To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
23And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.
25He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
26He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen:
27They set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.
30Their land swarmed with frogs,--in the chambers of their kings.
31He spoke, and there came dog-flies, and gnats in all their borders.
32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land;
33And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.
34He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;
35And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour.
37And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.
38Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
39He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places like a river.
42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham his servant;
43And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing;
44And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:
45That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah! (Psa. 105:5‑45)
Psa. 136:1‑26• 1Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
2Give thanks unto the God of gods, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
3Give thanks unto the Lord of lords, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
4To him who alone doeth great wonders, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
5To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
7To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
8The sun for rule over the day, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
9The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
11And brought out Israel from among them, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
12With a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
13To him that divided the Red sea into parts, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
14And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
15And overturned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
16To him that led his people through the wilderness, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
17To him that smote great kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
18And slew famous kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
19Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
20And Og king of Bashan, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
21And gave their land for an inheritance, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
22An inheritance unto Israel his servant, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
23Who hath remembered us in our low estate, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
24And hath delivered us from our oppressors, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
25Who giveth food to all flesh, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
26Give ye thanks unto the *God of the heavens; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:1‑26)
Ezek. 16:6‑14• 6And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!
7I caused thee to multiply, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fulness of beauty; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: but thou wast naked and bare.
8And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.
9And I washed thee with water, and thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil;
10and I clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I bound thee about with byssus, and covered thee with silk.
11And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck;
12and I put a ring on thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was byssus, and silk, and embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
14And thy fame went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect through my magnificence, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 16:6‑14)