5. so that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,find joy in our people’s happiness,and brag with the people who belong to you.
6. We have sinned, and so did our ancestors.We have done wrong.We are guilty.
7. When our ancestors were in Egypt,they gave no thought to your miracles.They did not remember your numerous acts of mercy,so they rebelled at the sea, the Red Sea.
8. He saved them because of his reputationso that he could make his mighty power known.
9. He angrily commanded the Red Sea, and it dried up.He led them through deep water as though it were a desert.
10. He rescued them from the power of the one who hated them.He rescued them from the enemy.
11. Water covered their adversaries.Not one Egyptian survived.
12. Then our ancestors believed what he said.They sang his praise.
13. They quickly forgot what he did.They did not wait for his advice.
14. They had an unreasonable desire ⌊for food⌋ in the wilderness.In the desert they tested God.
15. He gave them what they asked for.He ⌊also⌋ gave them a degenerative disease.