12. Moreover You led them by day with a cloudy pillar,And by night with a pillar of fire,To give them light on the roadWhich they should travel.
13. “You came down also on Mount Sinai,And spoke with them from heaven,And gave them just ordinances and true laws,Good statutes and commandments.
14. You made known to them Your holy Sabbath,And commanded them precepts, statutes and laws,By the hand of Moses Your servant.
15. You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger,And brought them water out of the rock for their thirst,And told them to go in to possess the landWhich You had sworn to give them.
16. “But they and our fathers acted proudly,Hardened their necks,And did not heed Your commandments.
17. They refused to obey,And they were not mindful of Your wondersThat You did among them.But they hardened their necks,And in their rebellionThey appointed a leaderTo return to their bondage.But You are God,Ready to pardon,Gracious and merciful,Slow to anger,Abundant in kindness,And did not forsake them.
18. “Even when they made a molded calf for themselves,And said, ‘This is your godThat brought you up out of Egypt,’And worked great provocations,
19. Yet in Your manifold merciesYou did not forsake them in the wilderness.The pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day,To lead them on the road;Nor the pillar of fire by night,To show them light,And the way they should go.
20. You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them,And did not withhold Your manna from their mouth,And gave them water for their thirst.
21. Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness;They lacked nothing;Their clothes did not wear outAnd their feet did not swell.