⁷ O True God, when You led Your enslaved people from Egypt,
    when You journeyed with us through the wilderness,

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⁸ The whole world trembled! The sky poured down rain
    at the power of Your presence; even Mount Sinai trembled in Your presence,
    the presence of the True God, the God of Israel.
⁹ You sent a heavy downpour to soak the ground, O True God.
    You refreshed the land—the land Your people would inherit—when it was parched and dry.