Nehemiah 9:16-25

16“But they, our fathers, 1acted arrogantly; They 23became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.17They refused to listen, And 4did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them; So they became stubborn and 5appointed a leader to return to their slavery 6in Egypt. But You are a God 7of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness; And You did not forsake them.18Even when they 8made for themselves A calf of molten metal And said, ‘This is your God Who brought you up from Egypt,’ And committed great 9blasphemies,1910You, in Your great compassion, Did not forsake them in the wilderness; 11The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day, To guide them on their way, Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.2012You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, Your manna You did not withhold from their mouth, And You gave them water for their thirst.21Indeed, 13forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not in want; Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell.22You also gave them kingdoms and peoples, And allotted them to them as a 14boundary. 15They took possession of the land of Sihon 16the king of Heshbon And the land of Og the king of Bashan.23You made their sons numerous as 17the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.2418So their sons entered and possessed the land. And 19You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, And You gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, To do with them 20as they desired.2521They captured fortified cities and a 2223fertile land. They took possession of 24houses full of every good thing, Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, Fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled and 25grew fat, And 26reveled in Your great goodness.