5. Then the Levites— Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up, and thank the Lord your God:From everlasting to everlasting your glorious name is praisedand lifted high above all blessing and praise.
6. You alone are the Lord.You made heaven, the highest heaven, with all its armies.You made the earth and everything on it,the seas and everything in them.You give life to them all, and the armies of heaven worship you.
7. You are the Lord, the God who chose Abramand took him from Ur of the Chaldeansand gave him the name Abraham.
8. You found that his heart was faithful to you.You made a promise to him to give the land of the Canaanites, Hittites,Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites to his descendants.You kept your promise because you are fair.
9. You saw how our ancestors suffered in Egypt,and you heard them crying at the Red Sea.
10. You performed miraculous signs and did amazing things to Pharaohand all his servants and all the people in his landbecause you knew how arrogantlythey were treating our ancestors.You made a name for yourself, a name which remains to this day.