“Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God,^(A) who keeps his covenant of love^(B) with those who love him and keep his commandments,

¹⁷ They refused to listen and failed to remember^(A) the miracles^(B) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked^(C) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.^(D) But you are a forgiving God,^(E) gracious and compassionate,^(F) slow to anger^(G) and abounding in love.^(H) Therefore you did not desert them,^(I)

²⁷ So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies,^(A) who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion^(B) you gave them deliverers,^(C) who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

³¹ But in your great mercy you did not put an end^(A) to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful^(B) God.