13 mThey soon forgot His works;

They did not wait for His counsel,

14 nBut lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,

And tested God in the desert.

15 oAnd He gave them their request,

But psent leanness into their soul.

16 When qthey envied Moses in the camp,

And Aaron the saint of the Lord,

17 rThe earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,

And covered the faction of Abiram.

18 sA fire was kindled in their company;

The flame burned up the wicked.

19 tThey made a calf in Horeb,

And worshiped the molded image.

20 Thus uthey changed their glory

Into the image of an ox that eats grass.

21 They forgot God their Savior,

Who had done great things in Egypt,

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,

Awesome things by the Red Sea.

23 vTherefore He said that He would destroy them,

Had not Moses His chosen one wstood before Him in the breach,

To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

24 Then they despised xthe pleasant land;

They ydid not believe His word,

25 zBut complained in their tents,

And did not heed the voice of the Lord.

26 aTherefore He raised up His hand in an oath against them,

bTo 5overthrow them in the wilderness,

27 cTo 6overthrow their descendants among the 7nations,

And to scatter them in the lands.

28 dThey joined themselves also to Baal of Peor,

And ate sacrifices 8made to the dead.

29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,

And the plague broke out among them.

30 eThen Phinehas stood up and intervened,

And the plague was stopped.

31 And that was accounted to him ffor righteousness

To all generations forevermore.

32 gThey angered Him also at the waters of 9strife,

hSo that it went ill with Moses on account of them;

33 iBecause they rebelled against His Spirit,

So that he spoke rashly with his lips.