17. Lord God, you stretched out your mighty arm and made the sky and the earth. You can do anything.
18. You show kindness for a thousand generations, but you also punish people for the sins of their parents. You are the Lord All-Powerful.
19. With great wisdom you make plans, and with your great power you do all the mighty things you planned. Nothing we do is hidden from your eyes, and you reward or punish us as we deserve.
20. You are famous because you worked miracles in Egypt, and you are still working them in Israel and in the rest of the world as well.
21. You terrified the Egyptians with your miracles, and you reached out your mighty arm and rescued your people Israel from Egypt.
22. Then you gave Israel this land rich with milk and honey, just as you had promised our ancestors.
23. But when our ancestors took over the land, they did not obey you. And now you have punished Israel with disaster.