Nehemiah 9:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ “You gave them bread from heaven
    to ease their hunger,
and you brought forth water from a rock
    to quench their thirst.
You also told them to enter
    and take possession of the land
    which you had solemnly sworn to give them.
¹⁶ “However, they and our ancestors acted with arrogance;
    they stubbornly refused to obey your commandments.
¹⁷ They refused to obey you
    and no longer recalled the miracles
    you had wrought among them.
In their obstinacy they became stiff-necked
    and came to a decision
    to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But because you are a forgiving God,
    gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and rich in mercy,
    you did not forsake them.