5. That I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,rejoice in the joy of your people,and glory with your heritage.
6. We have sinned like our ancestors;we have done wrong and are guilty.
7. Our ancestors in Egyptdid not attend to your wonders.They did not remember your manifold mercy;they defied the Most High at the Red Sea.
8. Yet he saved them for his name’s saketo make his power known.
9. He roared at the Red Sea and it dried up.He led them through the deep as through a desert.
10. He rescued them from hostile hands,freed them from the power of the enemy.
11. The waters covered their oppressors;not one of them survived.
12. Then they believed his wordsand sang his praise.
13. But they soon forgot all he had done;they had no patience for his plan.
14. In the desert they gave in to their cravings,tempted God in the wasteland.
15. So he gave them what they askedand sent a wasting disease against them.
16. In the camp they challenged Mosesand Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.