Neh 9:7-15, 19-21, 27, 31, Psa 63:3, 78:11-72, 105:5-45, Isa 41:8-9, 51:2 | ESV | STEP | You are the Lord , the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham .

7 You are the Lord, the God ^awho chose Abram and brought him out of ^bUr of the Chaldeans ^cand gave him the name Abraham. 8 ^dYou found his heart faithful before you, ^eand made with him the covenant to give to his offspring ^fthe land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. ^gAnd you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.

9 ^h“And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard ⁱtheir cry at the Red Sea, 10 ^jand performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that ^kthey acted arrogantly against our fathers. And ^lyou made a name for yourself, as it is to this day. 11 ^mAnd you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land, and you cast their pursuers into the depths, ⁿas a stone into mighty waters. 12 By ^oa pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go. 13 ^pYou came down on Mount Sinai ^qand spoke with them from heaven and gave them ^rright rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 ^sand you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant. 15 ^tYou gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and ^ubrought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you ^vtold them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

Nehemiah 9:19-21

19 you ^win your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. ^xThe pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, ^ynor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go. 20 ^zYou gave your good Spirit to instruct them ^aaand did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. 21 ^abForty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

Nehemiah 9:27

27 ^acTherefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. ^adAnd in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them ^aesaviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.

Nehemiah 9:31

31 Nevertheless, ^afin your great mercies ^agyou did not make an end of them or forsake them, ^ahfor you are a gracious and merciful God.

Psalms 63:3

3 Because your ^aisteadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.

Psalms 78:11-72

11 They ^ajforgot his works
and ^akthe wonders that he had shown them.
12 In the sight of their fathers ^alhe performed wonders
in the land of Egypt, in ^amthe fields of Zoan.
13 He ^andivided the sea and let them pass through it,
and made the waters ^aostand like a heap.
14 ^apIn the daytime he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a fiery light.
15 He ^aqsplit rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
16 He made streams come out of ^arthe rock
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
^asrebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They ^attested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying,
^au“Can God ^avspread a table in the wilderness?
20 ^awHe struck the rock so that water gushed out
and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?”
21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
^axa fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,
22 because they ^aydid not believe in God
and did not trust his saving power.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above
and ^azopened the doors of heaven,
24 and he ^barained down on them manna to eat
and gave them ^bbthe grain of heaven.
25 Man ate of the bread of ^bcthe angels;
he sent them food ^bdin abundance.
26 He ^becaused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
and by his power he led out the south wind;
27 he rained meat on them like ^bfdust,
winged birds like ^bgthe sand of the seas;
28 he ^bhlet them fall in the midst of their camp,
all around their dwellings.
29 And they ^biate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they ^bjcraved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
^bkwhile the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed ^blthe strongest of them
and laid low ^bmthe young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they ^bnstill sinned;
^bodespite his wonders, they did not believe.
33 So he made ^bptheir days ^bqvanish like ^{▼▼Hebrew in} a breath, ^{▼▼Or vapor}
and their years in terror.
34 When he killed them, they ^btsought him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.
35 They remembered that God was their ^burock,
the Most High God their ^bvredeemer.
36 But they ^bwflattered him with their mouths;
they ^bxlied to him with their tongues.
37 Their ^byheart was not ^bzsteadfast toward him;
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he, being ^cacompassionate,
^cbatoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 He ^ccremembered that they were but ^cdflesh,
^cea wind that passes and comes not again.
40 How often they ^cfrebelled against him in the wilderness
and ^cggrieved him in ^chthe desert!
41 They ^citested God again and again
and provoked ^cjthe Holy One of Israel.
42 They ^ckdid not remember his power ^{▼▼Hebrew hand}
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
43 ^cmwhen he performed his ^cnsigns in Egypt
and his ^comarvels in ^cpthe fields of Zoan.
44 He ^cqturned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.
45 He sent among them swarms of ^crflies, which devoured them,
and ^csfrogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave their crops to ^ctthe destroying locust
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with ^cuhail
and their sycamores with frost.
48 He gave over their ^cvcattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49 He let loose on them his burning anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of ^cwdestroying angels.
50 He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
51 He struck down every ^cxfirstborn in Egypt,
the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of ^cyHam.
52 Then he led out his people ^czlike sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 ^daHe led them in safety, so that they ^dbwere not afraid,
but ^dcthe sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to his ^ddholy land,
^deto the mountain which his right hand had ^dfwon.
55 He ^dgdrove out nations before them;
he ^dhapportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 Yet they ^ditested and ^djrebelled against the Most High God
and did not keep his testimonies,
57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like ^dka deceitful bow.
58 For they ^dlprovoked him to anger with their ^dmhigh places;
they ^dnmoved him to jealousy with their ^doidols.
59 When God heard, he was full of ^dpwrath,
and he utterly rejected Israel.
60 He ^dqforsook his dwelling at ^drShiloh,
the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
61 and delivered his ^dspower to captivity,
his ^dtglory to the hand of the foe.
62 He ^dugave his people over to the sword
and ^dvvented his wrath on his heritage.
63 ^dwFire devoured their young men,
and their young women had no ^dxmarriage song.
64 Their ^dypriests fell by the sword,
and their ^dzwidows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord ^eaawoke as from sleep,
like a strong man shouting because of wine.
66 And he ^ebput his adversaries to rout;
he put them to everlasting shame.
67 He rejected the tent of ^ecJoseph;
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he ^edloves.
69 He ^eebuilt his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
70 He ^efchose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from ^egfollowing the nursing ewes he brought him
to ^ehshepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his ^eiinheritance.
72 With ^ejupright heart he shepherded them
and ^ekguided them with his skillful hand.

Psalms 105:5-45

5 Remember the ^elwondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and ^emthe judgments he uttered,
6 O offspring of ^enAbraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his ^eochosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
his ^epjudgments are in all the earth.
8 He ^eqremembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for ^era thousand generations,
9 ^esthe covenant that he made with Abraham,
his ^etsworn promise to Isaac,
10 which he confirmed to ^euJacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 saying, ^ev“To you I will give the land of Canaan
as ^ewyour portion for an inheritance.”
12 When they were ^exfew in number,
of little account, and ^eysojourners in it,
13 wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14 he ^ezallowed no one to oppress them;
he ^farebuked kings on their account,
15 saying, ^fb“Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!”
16 When he ^fcsummoned a famine on the land
and ^fdbroke all supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread,
17 he had ^ffsent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was ^fgsold as a slave.
18 His ^fhfeet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
19 until ^fiwhat he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord ^fjtested him.
20 ^fkThe king sent and ^flreleased him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21 he ^fmmade him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
22 to bind ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome instruct} his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then ^foIsrael came to Egypt;
Jacob ^fpsojourned in ^fqthe land of Ham.
24 And the Lord ^frmade his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
25 He ^fsturned their hearts to hate his people,
to ^ftdeal craftily with his servants.
26 He ^fusent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, ^fvwhom he had chosen.
27 ^fwThey performed his signs among them
and miracles in ^fxthe land of Ham.
28 He ^fysent darkness, and made the land dark;
they ^fzdid not rebel ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac omit not} against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood
and ^gbcaused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in ^gcthe chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came ^gdswarms of flies,
^geand gnats throughout their country.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery ^gflightning bolts through their land.
33 He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and ^ggshattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the ^ghlocusts came,
young locusts without number,
35 which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He ^gistruck down all the firstborn in their land,
^gjthe firstfruits of all their strength.
37 Then he brought out Israel with ^gksilver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
38 ^glEgypt was glad when they departed,
for ^gmdread of them had fallen upon it.
39 He ^gnspread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
40 ^goThey asked, and he ^gpbrought quail,
and gave them ^gqbread from heaven in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and ^grwater gushed out;
it flowed through ^gsthe desert like a river.
42 For he ^gtremembered his holy promise,
and ^guAbraham, his servant.
43 So he brought his people out with joy,
his ^gvchosen ones with ^gwsinging.
44 And he ^gxgave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
45 that they might ^gykeep his statutes
and ^gzobserve his laws.
^haPraise the Lord!

Isaiah 41:8-9

8 But you, Israel, ^hbmy servant,
Jacob, ^hcwhom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, ^hdmy friend;
9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
and called ^hefrom its farthest corners,
saying to you, “You are ^hfmy servant,
^hgI have chosen you and not cast you off”;

Isaiah 51:2

2 Look to Abraham your father
and to Sarah who bore you;
for ^hhhe was but one when I called him,
that I might bless him and multiply him.