You Led Us in Kindness and the World Founded on Lovingkindness

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 251:4

"You led in Your kindness" (Exodus 15:13). You did kindness with us, for we had no deeds in our hands, as it is said, "I will recount the kindnesses of the LORD, the praises of the LORD" and so forth (Isaiah 63:7), "I will sing of the kindnesses of the LORD forever" (Psalms 89:2). And the world was not built from its beginning except by kindness, as it is said, "I said, the world is built by kindness" (Psalms 89:3). "This people You redeemed." Because the whole world is Yours, and yet You have no people but Israel, as it is said, "This people I formed for Myself" (Isaiah 43:21). (It is written in the verse "Then sang Moses and the children of Israel.")

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