8 He will never forgethis agreement or his promises,not in thousands of years.
9-10 God made an eternal promiseto Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
11 when he said, “I'll give youthe land of Canaan.”
12 At the time there wereonly a few of us,and we were homeless.
13 We wandered from nationto nation, from one countryto another.
14 God did not let anyoneill-treat our people.Instead he protected usby punishing rulers
15 and telling them,“Don't touch my chosen leadersor harm my prophets!”