5. That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
6. We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7. Our fathers in Egypt considered not thy wondrous works; they remembered not the multitude of thy loving-kindnesses; but they rebelled at the sea, at the Red Sea.
8. Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.
9. And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.
10. And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11. And the waters covered their oppressors: there was not one of them left.
12. Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13. They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14. And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted ·God in the desert.
15. Then he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
16. And they envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.
17. The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;
18. And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.
19. They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;