Our fathersin Egyptdid not understandYour wonders;They did not rememberYour abundantkindnesses,But rebelledby the sea,at the RedSea.
They did not rememberHis power,The daywhenHe redeemedthem from the adversary,
They forgotHis deedsAnd His miraclesthat He had shownthem.
Thereforerememberthat formerlyyou, the Gentilesin the flesh,who are called"Uncircumcision"by the so-called"Circumcision,"[which is] performedin the fleshby human hands--
sothat WHILE SEEING,THEY MAY SEEAND NOT PERCEIVE,AND WHILE HEARING,THEY MAY HEARAND NOT UNDERSTAND,OTHERWISETHEY MIGHT RETURNAND BE FORGIVEN."
For ifHe causesgrief,Then He will havecompassionAccording to His abundantlovingkindness.
I shall makementionof the lovingkindnessesof the LORD,the praisesof the LORD,Accordingto allthat the LORDhas grantedus, And the greatgoodnesstoward the houseof Israel,WhichHe has grantedthem according to His compassionAnd according to the abundanceof His lovingkindnesses.
They do not know,nordo they understand,for He has smearedovertheir eyessothat they cannotseeand their heartssothat they cannotcomprehend.
"Howlong,O naiveones,will you lovebeing simple-minded?And scoffersdelightthemselves in scoffingAnd foolshateknowledge?
And He rememberedHis covenantfor their sake, And relentedaccording to the greatnessof His lovingkindness.
RememberHis wonderswhichHe has done,His marvelsand the judgmentsuttered by His mouth,
Be graciousto me, O God,according to Your lovingkindness;According to the greatnessof Your compassionblotout my transgressions.
But as for me, by Your abundantlovingkindnessI will enterYour house,At Your holytempleI will bowin reverencefor You.
"Yet to thisdaythe LORDhas not givenyou a heartto know,noreyesto see,norearsto hear.
"You shall rememberthat you were a slavein the landof Egypt,and the LORDyour Godredeemedyou; thereforeI commandyou thistoday.
You have seenmanythings,but you do not observe[them]; [Your] earsare open,but nonehears.
