Nehemiah 9:17-19

International Standard Version

“But you are a God of forgiveness,
    gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger,
    and rich in gracious love;
        therefore you did not abandon them.

¹⁸ Moreover, after they had cast a golden calf for themselves, they said,
    “This is your god who brought you out of Egypt!”
        and committed terrible^[b] blasphemies.
¹⁹ You, in your great compassion,
    did not abandon them in the wilderness.
The pillar of cloud did not leave them in daylight,
    in order to provide light for them on the path they took.
Nor did the pillar of fire abandon them^[c] at night,
    in order to provide light for them
        and lead them on the path they took.