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 performed among them; So they became stubborn and 5appointed a leader to return to their slavery in 6Egypt. But You are a God 7of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in 8mercy; And You did not abandon them.18Even when they 9made for themselves A calf of cast metal And said, ‘This is your 10god Who brought you up from Egypt,’ And committed great blasphemies,1911You, in Your great compassion, Did not abandon them in the wilderness; 12The 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.20Instead, 13You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, You did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, And You gave them water for their thirst.21Indeed, for 14forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not lacking; Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell up.22You also gave them kingdoms and peoples, And allotted them to them as a 15boundary. 16They took possession of the land of Sihon 17the king of Heshbon And the land of Og the king of Bashan.23You made their sons as numerous as 18the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.2419So their sons entered and took possession of the land. And 20You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, And You handed them over to them, with their kings and the peoples of the land, To do with them 21as they desired.2522They captured fortified cities and a 2324fertile land. They took possession of 25houses full of every good thing, Carved out cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, Fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled and 26put on fat, And 27lived luxuriously in Your great goodness.