Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt, neither remembered they the multitude of thy mercies, but rebelled at the Sea, even at the red sea.

Nevertheless he [a]saved them for his Name’s sake, that he might make his power to be known.

And he rebuked the red sea, and it was dried up, and he led them in the deep, as in the wilderness.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:8 The inestimable goodness of God appeareth in this, that he would change the order of nature, rather than his people should not be delivered, although they were wicked.

When our ancestors were in Egypt,
    they gave no thought(A) to your miracles;
they did not remember(B) your many kindnesses,
    and they rebelled by the sea,(C) the Red Sea.[a]
Yet he saved them(D) for his name’s sake,(E)
    to make his mighty power(F) known.
He rebuked(G) the Red Sea, and it dried up;(H)
    he led them through(I) the depths as through a desert.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:7 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22