Nehemiah 9:7-12

Common English Bible

⁷Lord God, you are the one who chose Abram.
        You brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
⁸        You found him to be faithful before you,
            and you made a covenant with him.
You promised to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites,
        the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites.
And you have kept your promise because you are righteous.

⁹You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt
        and heard their cry at the Reed Sea.^[a]
¹⁰You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,
        all his servants, and the people of his land.
    You knew that they had acted arrogantly against our ancestors.
        You made a name for yourself, a name that is famous even today.
¹¹You divided the sea before them so that they went through it on dry land.
        But you cast their pursuers into the depths,
            as a stone into the mighty waters.
¹²With a pillar of cloud you led them by day
        and with a column of lightning by night;
            they lit the way in which the people should go.