Why did you harden Pharaoh's heart, O Lord?
If he was willing, why did you persist
In making him refuse? Had he ignored
The great decree to let all men exist
Too long to let him have his reason then?
Was there a purpose to make him say no
And thus to punish Egypt once again
For not letting your chosen people go
When he was ready to be free of us?
We know that you are great and glorious,
But why, O Lord? Why make them suffer too
When at long last our pain was ending? Why?
I cannot understand it. Why did You
Harden his heart and make their firstborn die?
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