16 “After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: 17 ‘Ah, Lord God! ^qIt is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! ^rNothing is too hard for you. 18 ^sYou show steadfast love to thousands, but you repay the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord of hosts, 19 great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, ^trewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. 20 You have shown ^usigns and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, and have ^vmade a name for yourself, as at this day.