He guided them safely along, while the sea covered their enemies.

You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.

but from my youth I raised the orphan ¹  like a father, and from my mother’s womb ²  I guided the widow! ³ 

Like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze, ¹  so the Spirit of the Lord granted them rest. In this way ²  you guided your people, gaining for yourself an honored reputation. ³