Nehemiah 9:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 (A)You are the Lord God
who chose Abram,
Who brought him from Ur of the Chaldees,
who named him Abraham.
8 (B)You found his heart faithful in your sight,
you made the covenant with him
To give the land of the Canaanites,
Hittites, Amorites,
Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites
to him and his descendants.
You fulfilled your promises,
for you are just.
9 (C)You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt,
you heard their cry by the Red Sea;
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