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And You establish Your words, "" For You [are] righteous,<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, "" And their cry have heard by the Sea of Suph,<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, "" And on all his servants, "" And on all the people of his land, "" For You have known that they have acted proudly against them, "" And You make to Yourself a name as [at] this day.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And You have cleaved the sea before them, "" And they pass over into the midst of the sea on the dry land, "" And their pursuers You have cast into the depths, "" As a stone, into the strong waters.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And by a pillar of cloud You have led them by day, "" And by a pillar of fire by night, "" To lighten to them the way in which they go.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And on Mount Sinai You have come down, "" Even to speak with them from the heavens, "" And You give to them right judgments, "" And true laws, good statutes and commands.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Your holy Sabbath You have made known to them, "" And commands, and statutes, and law, "" You have commanded for them, "" By the hand of Your servant Moses;<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And bread from the heavens You have given to them for their hunger, "" And water from a rock have brought out to them for their thirst, "" And say to them to go in to possess the land "" That You have lifted up Your hand to give to them.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they and our fathers have acted proudly, "" And harden their neck, "" And have not listened to Your commands,<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Indeed, they refuse to listen, "" And have not remembered Your wonders that You have done with them, "" And harden their neck and appoint a head, "" To turn back to their service, in their rebellion; And You [are] a God of pardons, "" Gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, "" And have not forsaken them.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Also, when they have made to themselves a molten calf, "" And say, This [is] your god "" That brought you up out of Egypt, "" And do great despisings,<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and You, in Your abundant mercies, "" Have not forsaken them in the wilderness—The pillar of the cloud has not turned aside from off them by day, "" To lead them in the way, "" And the pillar of the fire by night, "" To give light to them and the way in which they go.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Your good Spirit You have given, "" To cause them to act wisely; And Your manna You have not withheld from their mouth, "" And water You have given to them for their thirst,<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And forty years You have nourished them in a wilderness; They have not lacked; Their garments have not worn out, "" And their feet have not swelled.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And You give to them kingdoms, and peoples, "" And apportion them to the corner, "" And they possess the land of Sihon, "" And the land of the king of Heshbon, "" And the land of Og king of Bashan.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And You have multiplied their sons as the stars of the heavens, "" And bring them into the land "" That You have said to their fathers to go in to possess.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the sons come in, and possess the land, "" And You humble the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them, "" And give them into their hand, and their kings, "" And the peoples of the land, "" To do with them according to their pleasure.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they capture fortified cities, and fat ground, "" And possess houses full of all good, "" Dug-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, "" And fruit-trees in abundance, "" And they eat, and are satisfied, "" And become fat, "" And delight themselves in Your great goodness.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And they are disobedient, "" And rebel against You, "" And cast Your law behind their back, "" And Your prophets they have slain, "" Who testified against them, "" To bring them back to You, "" And they do great despisings,<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And You give them into the hand of their adversaries, "" And they distress them, "" And in the time of their distress they cry to You, "" And You, from the heavens, hear, "" And according to Your abundant mercies, "" Give saviors to them, "" And they save them out of the hand of their adversaries.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And when they have rest, "" They turn back to do evil before You, "" And You leave them in the hand of their enemies, "" And they rule over them; And they return, and call You, "" And You hear from the heavens, "" And deliver them many times, "" According to Your mercies,<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And testify against them, "" To bring them back to Your law; And they have acted proudly, "" And have not listened to Your commands, "" And against Your judgments have sinned—Which man does and has lived in them—And they give a stubborn shoulder, "" And have hardened their neck, "" And have not listened.<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And You draw over them many years, "" And testify against them by Your Spirit, "" By the hand of Your prophets, "" And they have not given ear, "" And You give them into the hand of peoples of the lands,<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and in Your abundant mercies "" You have not made them a consumption, "" Nor have forsaken them; For a God, gracious and merciful, [are] You.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And now, O our God—God, the great, the mighty, "" And the fearful, "" Keeping the covenant and the kindness—Do not let all the travail that has found us be little before You, "" For our kings, for our heads, and for our priests, "" And for our prophets, and for our fathers, "" And for all Your people, "" From the days of the kings of Asshur to this day;<p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And You [are] righteous concerning all that has come on us, "" For You have done truth, "" And we have done wickedly;<p> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And our kings, our heads, "" Our priests, and our fathers, "" Have not done Your law, "" Nor attended to Your commands, "" And to Your testimonies, "" That You have testified against them;<p> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And they, in their kingdom, "" And in Your abundant goodness, "" That You have given to them, "" And in the land, the large and the fat, "" That You have set before them, "" Have not served You, "" Nor turned back from their evil doings.<p> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Behold, we—today—[are] servants, "" And the land that You have given to our fathers, "" To eat its fruit and its good, "" Behold, we [are] servants on it,<p> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And its increase it is multiplying to the kings "" Whom You have set over us "" In our sins; And over our bodies they are ruling, "" And over our livestock, "" According to their pleasure, "" And we [are] in great distress.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And for all this we are making a steadfast covenant, "" And are writing, "" And over him who is sealed "" [Are] our heads, our Levites, [and] our priests.”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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