7. He is the Lord our God;His judgments govern the whole earth.
8. He remembers His covenant forever,the promise He ordainedfor a thousand generations —
9. the covenant He made with Abraham,swore to Isaac,
10. and confirmed to Jacob as a decreeand to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11. “I will give the land of Canaan to youas your inherited portion.”
12. When they were few in number,very few indeed,and temporary residents in Canaan,
13. wandering from nation to nationand from one kingdom to another,