Psalm
R. Lord, remember us, for the love you bear your people.
Our ancestors made a calf at Horeb and worshipped a cast image. They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass. R.
They forgot God, their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt, wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. R.
Therefore God said he would destroy them — had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them. R.