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¹⁴ For while gentle silence enveloped all things,
and night in its swift course was now half gone,
¹⁵ your all-powerful word leapt from heaven, from the royal throne,
into the midst of the land that was doomed,
a stern warrior
¹⁶ carrying the sharp sword of your authentic command,
and stood and filled all things with death,
and touched heaven while standing on the earth.

God Guides and Protects His People

⁶ For the whole creation in its nature was fashioned anew,
complying with your commands,
so that your children^* might be kept unharmed.
⁷ The cloud was seen overshadowing the camp,
and dry land emerging where water had stood before,
an unhindered way out of the Red Sea,
and a grassy plain out of the raging waves,
⁸ where those protected by your hand passed through as one nation,
after gazing on marvellous wonders.
⁹ For they ranged like horses,
and leapt like lambs,
praising you, O Lord, who delivered them.

5 Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the friends,^* even though they are strangers to you; ⁶they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God; ⁷for they began their journey for the sake of Christ,^* accepting no support from non-believers.^{* 8}Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become co-workers with the truth.