The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

“Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He give bread also?
Will He provide meat for His people?”

And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open;

So they had food and were full; for he gave them their desire;

But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;

And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.

So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

So that their rivers were turned to blood, and they were not able to get drink from their streams.

He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.

He took them on safely so that they had no fear; but their haters were covered by the sea.

But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;

Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song.

Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.

His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever.

From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

We were a reproach to our neighbors, a derision and scorn to those being round about us.

Thou wilt not remember against us former iniquities: thy compassions shall quickly anticipate us, for we were greatly weak:

The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars with its branches.

He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.

“I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.

O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.

Also Assur was joined with them: they were an arm to the sons of Lot Silence.

They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.

Lord, you were good to your land: changing the fate of Jacob.

You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath.

And it will be said of Zion,
“This one and that one were born in her.”
The Most High Himself will establish her.

Free among the dead, as they wounded lying down in the grave, whom thou no more didst remember them, and they were cut off by thy hand.

Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.

For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

How great were thy works, O Jehovah! thy thoughts were very deep.

So hath mine eye descried them who were lying in wait for me, - Of my wicked assailants, mine ears, shall hear.

Thy testimonies were very firm: holiness was becoming to thy house, O Jehovah, to length of days.

Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

When my troubled thoughts were many {within me}, your consolations cheered my soul.

He says, "Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,

Zion heard, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Jehovah.

Moses and Aaron were among His priests;
Samuel also was among those calling on His name.
They called to Yahweh and He answered them.

Lord our God, You answered them.
You were a forgiving God to them,
an avenger of their sinful actions.

For my days are consumed away like smoke, and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.

I watch, and am even as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone upon the housetop.

For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free, them who were appointed to death.

For he knows how we were formed, aware that we were made from dust.

He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,

You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.

How thy works were multiplied. O Jehovah! in wisdom thou madest them all: the earth was filled with thy possessions.

When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and temporary residents in Canaan,

And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.

His feet were fixed in chains; his neck was put in iron bands;

And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.

Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.

He sent darkness, and it was dark; for they were not obedient unto his word.

At his word their waters were turned to blood, and he sent death on all their fish.

He gave their vines and their fig-trees to destruction, and the trees of their land were broken down.

Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them.

Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.

And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them.

They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.

In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.

And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;

And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead.

because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.

But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters.

Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.

He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their sin.

They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.

They were hungry and thirsty;
their spirits failed within them.

Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

because they were not obedient to the commandments of God, but lightly regarded the counsel of the most highest - he also brought down their hearts through heaviness.

So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.

Fools, because of their rebellious way and their iniquities, were afflicted.

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door.

He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.

They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and {they were at their wits' end}.

He stilled the storm to a murmur,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Then they were glad because they grew silent, so he guided them to their desired harbor.

As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

My knees were weak from fasting, and my flesh failed from fatness.

My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

Thy people were willing in the day of thy strength, in the splendors of holiness from the womb of the dawn: to thee the dew of thy childhood.

The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.

What ailed you, O you sea, that you fled? you Jordan, that you were driven back?

You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?

The ropes of death were wrapped around me,
and the torments of Sheol overcame me;
I encountered trouble and sorrow.

They surrounded me like bees;
they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

If only my ways were committed
to keeping Your statutes!

Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands.

I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.