4. For the lord has chosen Jacob for himself,Israel for his own special treasure.
5. I know the greatness of the lord—that our Lord is greater than any other god.
6. The lord does whatever pleases himthroughout all heaven and earth,and on the seas and in their depths.
7. He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth.He sends the lightning with the rainand releases the wind from his storehouses.
8. He destroyed the firstborn in each Egyptian home,both people and animals.
9. He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egyptagainst Pharaoh and all his people.
10. He struck down great nationsand slaughtered mighty kings—
11. Sihon king of the Amorites,Og king of Bashan,and all the kings of Canaan.
12. He gave their land as an inheritance,a special possession to his people Israel.
13. Your name, O lord, endures forever;your fame, O lord, is known to every generation.
14. For the lord will give justice to his peopleand have compassion on his servants.
15. The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold,shaped by human hands.