Nehemiah 9:12-19

12And with a pillar of cloud 1You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go.13Then 2You came down on Mount Sinai, And 3spoke with them from heaven; You gave them 4just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.14So You made known to them 5Your holy Sabbath, And gave them commandments, statutes, and law, Through Your servant Moses.15You 6provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger, You 7brought out water from a rock for them for their thirst, And You 8told them to enter in order to take possession of The land which You 9swore to give them.

16“But they, our fathers, 10acted arrogantly; They 1112became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.17They refused to listen, And 13did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You performed among them; So they became stubborn and 14appointed a leader to return to their slavery in 15Egypt. But You are a God 16of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in 17mercy; And You did not abandon them.18Even when they 18made for themselves A calf of cast metal And said, ‘This is your 19god Who brought you up from Egypt,’ And committed great blasphemies,1920You, in Your great compassion, Did not abandon them in the wilderness; 21The 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.