Psalm 78:12–53

^12aHe wrought wonders before their fathers

In the land of Egypt, in the ^bfield of Zoan.

¹³He ^adivided the sea and caused them to pass through,

And He made the waters stand ^bup like a heap.

¹⁴Then He led them with the cloud by ^aday

And all the night with a ^blight of fire.

¹⁵He ^asplit the rocks in the wilderness

And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.

¹⁶He ^abrought forth streams also from the rock

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 ^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 provide ^1bmeat for His people?”

²¹Therefore the Lord 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 clouds above

And ^aopened the doors of heaven;

²⁴He ^arained down manna upon them to eat

And gave them ^1bfood from heaven.

²⁵Man did eat the bread of ¹angels;

He sent them ²food ^3ain abundance.

²⁶He ^acaused the east wind to blow in the heavens

And by His ¹power He directed the south wind.

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

Even ^awinged fowl like the sand of the seas,

²⁸Then He let them fall in the midst of ¹their camp,

Round about their dwellings.

²⁹So they ^aate and were well filled,

And their desire He gave 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 wonderful works.

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 searched ^bdiligently 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 ^asteadfast toward Him,

Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

³⁸But He, being ^acompassionate, ^1bforgave their iniquity and did not destroy them;

And often He ^2crestrained His anger

And did not arouse all His wrath.

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

A ^1cwind that passes and does not return.

⁴⁰How often they ^arebelled against Him in the wilderness

And ^bgrieved Him in the ^cdesert!

⁴¹Again and again they ^1atempted God,

And pained the ^bHoly One of Israel.

⁴²They ^adid not remember ^bHis ¹power,

The day when He ^credeemed them from the adversary,

⁴³When He performed His ^asigns in Egypt

And His ^bmarvels in the field of Zoan,

⁴⁴And ^aturned their rivers to blood,

And their streams, they could not drink.

⁴⁵He sent among them swarms of ^aflies which devoured them,

And ^bfrogs which destroyed them.

⁴⁶He gave also their crops to the ^agrasshopper

And the product of their labor to the ^blocust.

⁴⁷He ¹destroyed their vines with ^ahailstones

And their sycamore trees with frost.

⁴⁸He gave over their ^acattle also to the hailstones

And their herds to bolts of lightning.

⁴⁹He ^asent upon them His burning anger,

Fury and indignation and trouble,

¹A band of destroying angels.

⁵⁰He leveled a path for His anger;

He did not spare their soul from death,

But ^agave over their life to the plague,

⁵¹And ^asmote all the firstborn in Egypt,

The ^bfirst issue of their virility in the tents of ^cHam.

⁵²But He ^aled forth His own people like sheep

And guided them in the wilderness ^blike a flock;

⁵³He led them ^asafely, so that they did not fear;

But ^bthe sea engulfed their enemies.