⁷ What other nation is so great^(A) as to have their gods near^(B) them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him?

The Lord Is God

³² Ask^(A) now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth;^(B) ask from one end of the heavens to the other.^(C) Has anything so great^(D) as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? ³³ Has any other people heard the voice of God^[a] speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?^{(E) 34} Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation,^(F) by testings,^(G) by signs^(H) and wonders,^(I) by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,^(J) or by great and awesome deeds,^(K) like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

³⁵ You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other.^{(L) 36} From heaven he made you hear his voice^(M) to discipline^(N) you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. ³⁷ Because he loved^(O) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,^{(P) 38} to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance,^(Q) as it is today.

²⁶ I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people,^(A) your own inheritance^(B) that you redeemed^(C) by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.^(D)

²¹ He is the one you praise;^(A) he is your God, who performed for you those great^(B) and awesome wonders^(C) you saw with your own eyes.

¹⁵ Remember that you were slaves^(A) in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you.^(B) That is why I give you this command today.