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So he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

So he gave to them their request, but he sent leanness into their souls.

And so they exchanged their glory for an image of an ox that eats grass.

So he said he would exterminate them, had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to reverse his wrath from destroying them.

So he made an oath against them, to make them drop in the wilderness,

Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and so the plague was stopped,

and they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and so the land was defiled with the blood.

So Yahweh's anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to your holy name and boast in your praise.

Then they were glad because they grew silent, so he guided them to their desired harbor.

And he settles the hungry there, so that they may establish a city to inhabit,

so that your beloved ones may be rescued. Save by your right hand and answer me.

So they inflicted evil against me in return for good and hatred in return for my love.

And so I am a disgrace to them; when they see me, they shake their heads.

Yahweh is for me as my helper, and so I will look in triumph on those who hate me.

In my heart I have hidden your word, so that I may not sin against you.

So I will heed your law continually, forever and ever.

It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes.

May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be ashamed.

According to your loyal love preserve me alive, so that I may heed the testimony from your mouth.