13. You came down upon Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven.You gave them proper judgments and true Instruction,good statutes and commandments.
14. You made known to them your holy Sabbath,and gave them commandments, statutes, and Instruction through your servant Moses.
15. When they were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven;when they were thirsty, you brought water out of the rock for them.You told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.
16. But our ancestors acted arrogantly.They were stubborn and wouldn’t obey your commandments.
17. They refused to obey,and didn’t remember the wonders that you accomplished in their midst.They acted arrogantly and decided to return to their slavery in Egypt.But you are a God ready to forgive, merciful and compassionate,very patient, and truly faithful.You didn’t forsake them.
18. Even when they had cast an image of a calf for themselves,saying, "This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,"and holding you in great contempt,
19. you, in your great mercy, didn’t abandon them in the wilderness.The column of cloud continued to guide them on their journey during the day,and the column of lightning lit their path during the night.
20. You gave your good spirit to teach them.You didn’t withhold your manna from them,and you gave them water for their thirst.
21. You kept them alive for forty years—they lacked nothing in the wilderness!Their clothes didn’t wear out,and their feet didn’t swell.
22. You gave them kingdoms and peoples,and assigned to them every side.They took possession of the land of King Sihon of Heshbonand the land of King Og of Bashan.
23. You multiplied their descendants as the stars of heaven.You brought them into the land that you had told their ancestors to enter and possess.
24. So the descendants went in and possessed the land.Before them, you subdued the Canaanites who inhabited the land.You also handed over to them their kings and the neighboring peoples,to do with as they wished.
25. They captured fortified cities and productive land,and took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things:Excavated cisterns, vineyards, olive orchards, and a great many fruit trees.They ate until they were satisfied and grew fat,and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
26. But they were disobedient, rebelled against you,and turned their back on your Instruction.They killed your prophets who had warned them so that they might return to you.They held you in great contempt.
27. Therefore, you handed them over to the power of their enemies who made them suffer.But when they cried out to you in their suffering,you heard them from heaven.Because you are merciful,you gave them saviors who saved them from the power of their enemies.
28. But after they had rest from this, they again started doing evil against you.So you gave them over to the power of their enemies who ruled over them.Yet when they turned and cried to you,you heard from heaven and rescued them many times because of your great mercy.
29. You also warned them to return to your Instruction,but they acted arrogantly and didn’t obey your commands.They sinned against your judgments,even though life comes by keeping them.They turned a stubborn shoulder, became headstrong, and wouldn’t obey.