Psalm 78:14–40

¹⁴Then He led them with the cloud by ^aday

And all the night with a ^blight of fire.

¹⁵He was ^asplitting the rocks in the wilderness

And so gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.

¹⁶He ^abrought forth streams also from the cliff face

And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷Yet they still continued to sin against Him,

To ^arebel against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁸And in their heart they ^aput God to the test

By asking for ^bfood according to their desire.

¹⁹Then they spoke against God;

They said, “^aCan God prepare a table in the wilderness?

²⁰“Behold, He ^astruck the rock so that waters gushed out,

And streams were overflowing;

Can He give bread also?

Will He prepare ^1bmeat for His people?”

²¹Therefore Yahweh heard and ¹was ^afull of wrath;

And a fire was kindled against Jacob

And anger also mounted against Israel,

²²Because they ^adid not believe in God

And did not trust in His salvation.

²³Yet He commanded the skies above

And ^aopened the doors of heaven;

²⁴He ^arained down manna upon them to eat

And gave them ^bgrain from heaven.

²⁵Man ate the bread of ¹angels;

He sent them provision ^ato satisfy.

²⁶He ^aled forth the east wind in the heavens

And by His strength He guided the south wind.

²⁷Then He rained ¹meat upon them like the dust,

Even ^awinged fowl like the sand of the seas,

²⁸He caused them to fall in the midst of His camp,

All around His dwelling places.

²⁹So they ^aate and were very satisfied,

And their desire He brought to them.

³⁰¹Before they had satisfied their desire,

^aWhile their food was in their mouths,

³¹The ^aanger of God rose against them

And killed ¹some of their ^bstoutest ones,

And ²subdued the choice men of Israel.

³²In spite of all this they ^astill sinned

And ^bdid not believe in His wondrous deeds.

³³So He brought ^atheir days to an end in ¹futility

And their years in sudden terror.

³⁴When He killed them, then they ^asought Him,

And returned and sought ^bearnestly for God;

³⁵And they remembered that God was their ^arock,

And the Most High God their ^bRedeemer.

³⁶But they ^adeceived Him with their mouth

And ^blied to Him with their tongue.

³⁷For their heart was not ^aprepared to remain with Him,

Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

³⁸But He, being ^acompassionate, ^batoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them;

And He abounded in ^cturning back His anger

And did not arouse all His wrath.

³⁹Thus ^aHe remembered that they were but ^bflesh,

A ^1cwind that goes and does not return.

⁴⁰How often they ^arebelled against Him in the wilderness

And ^bgrieved Him in the ^cwasteland!