'Art' in the Bible
“You alone are the Lord.You have made the heavens,The heaven of heavens with all their host,The earth and all that is on it,The seas and all that is in them.You give life to all of themAnd the heavenly host bows down before You.
“You are the Lord God,Who chose AbramAnd brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees,And gave him the name Abraham.
“You found his heart faithful before You,And made a covenant with himTo give him the land of the Canaanite,Of the Hittite and the Amorite,Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite—To give it to his descendants.And You have fulfilled Your promise,For You are righteous.
“They refused to listen,And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them;So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.But You are a God of forgiveness,Gracious and compassionate,Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;And You did not forsake them.
“Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them,For You are a gracious and compassionate God.
“However, You are just in all that has come upon us;For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.