All the earth called to remember deliverance

All lands are called to see a sea turned dry, then a people tried like silver

Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. Sing forth the honour of his name. All the earth is invited to come and see the works of God, who is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot; there did we rejoice in him.

Bless our God, ye people. He hath proved us, tried us as silver is tried, brought us into the net, laid affliction upon our loins, caused men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. Communal exodus memory and later crushing sit in one testimony. Testing imagery does not explain every hardship, and it cannot be coerced from people still under the riders.

A single worshiper pays vows and refuses to treat iniquity as a small inward hobby

I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. Fatlings, rams, bullocks, and goats are specified. Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: but verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. Personal witness invites, it does not compel. Cherished injustice and heard prayer are set in conflict without making every unanswered cry proof of a hidden pet sin.