37 And because ^fhe loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them¹ and brought you out of Egypt ^gwith his own presence, by his great power,

4 ^c“Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is ^dbecause of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.