6. We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7. When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
8. Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known.
9. He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.
10. He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
11. The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
12. Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.