Nehemiah 9:19-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁹ “You have great ·mercy [compassion],
    so you did not ·leave [abandon; desert; forsake] them in the ·desert [wilderness].
The pillar of cloud ·guided them by day [^Ldid not turn from them by day in guiding them in the path],
    ·and the pillar of fire led them at night,
    lighting the way they were to go [nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel].
²⁰ You ·gave [sent; imparted] your good Spirit to ·teach [instruct] them.
    You ·gave them manna to eat [^Ldid not withhold manna from their mouth]
    and gave them water when they were thirsty.
²¹ You ·took care of [sustained; provided for] them for forty years in the ·desert [wilderness];
    they ·needed [lacked] nothing.
Their clothes did not wear out,
    and their feet did not swell.