"In Your lovingkindnessYou have ledthe peoplewhomYou have redeemed;In Your strengthYou have guided[them] to Your holyhabitation.
But he hesitated.So the menseizedhis handand the handof his wifeand the handsof his twodaughters,for the compassionof the LORD[was] upon him; and they broughthim out, and puthim outsidethe city.
The kingsaidto Zadok,"Returnthe arkof Godto the city.IfI findfavorin the sightof the LORD,then He will bringme backagain and showme both it and His habitation.
"And with a pillarof cloudYou ledthem by day,And with a pillarof fireby nightTo lightfor them the wayIn whichthey were to go.
Thus He rebukedthe RedSeaand it driedup, And He ledthem through the deeps,as through the wilderness.
RememberYour congregation,which You have purchasedof old,Which You have redeemedto be the tribeof Your inheritance;[And] thisMountZion,whereYou have dwelt.
You ledYour peoplelike a flockBy the handof Mosesand Aaron.
And they rememberedthat Godwas their rock,And the MostHighGodtheir Redeemer.
Oh, giveear,Shepherdof Israel,You who leadJosephlike a flock;You who are enthroned[above] the cherubim,shineforth!
"Terrorand dreadfallupon them; By the greatnessof Your armthey are motionlessas stone;UntilYour peoplepassover,O LORD,Untilthe peoplepassoverwhomYou have purchased.
"You will bringthem and plantthem in the mountainof Your inheritance,The place,O LORD,which You have madefor Your dwelling,The sanctuary,O Lord,which Your handshave established.
"I am the LORDyour God,whobroughtyou out of the landof Egypt,out of the houseof slavery.
"Say,therefore,to the sonsof Israel,I am the LORD,and I will bringyou out from underthe burdensof the Egyptians,and I will deliveryou from their bondage.I will also redeemyou with an outstretchedarmand with greatjudgments.
Was it not You who driedup the sea,The watersof the greatdeep;Who madethe depthsof the seaa pathwayFor the redeemedto crossover?
For thussaysthe highand exaltedOne Who livesforever,whose nameis Holy,"I dwell[on] a highand holyplace, And [also] with the contriteand lowlyof spiritIn order to revivethe spiritof the lowlyAnd to revivethe heartof the contrite.
In alltheir afflictionHe was afflicted,And the angelof His presencesavedthem; In His loveand in His mercyHe redeemedthem, And He liftedthem and carriedthem allthe daysof old.
"They did not say,'Whereis the LORDWho broughtus up out of the landof Egypt,Who ledus through the wilderness,Through a landof desertsand of pits,Through a landof droughtand of deepdarkness,Through a landthat noonecrossedAnd wherenomandwelt?'
But God,beingrichin mercy,becauseof His greatlovewith whichHe lovedus,
who are protectedby the powerof Godthroughfaithfor a salvationreadyto be revealedin the lasttime.
