Psalm 78:23–39

23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above

and opened the doors of the heavens;s

24 he rained down mannat for the people to eat,

he gave them the grain of heaven.

25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;

he sent them all the food they could eat.

26 He let loose the east windu from the heavens

and by his power made the south wind blow.

27 He rained meat down on them like dust,

birdsv like sand on the seashore.

28 He made them come down inside their camp,

all around their tents.

29 They ate till they were gorged—w

he had given them what they craved.

30 But before they turned from what they craved,

even while the food was still in their mouths,x

31 God’s anger rose against them;

he put to death the sturdiesty among them,

cutting down the young men of Israel.

32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;z

in spite of his wonders,a they did not believe.b

33 So he ended their days in futilityc

and their years in terror.

34 Whenever God slew them, they would seekd him;

they eagerly turned to him again.

35 They remembered that God was their Rock,e

that God Most High was their Redeemer.f

36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,g

lying to him with their tongues;

37 their hearts were not loyalh to him,

they were not faithful to his covenant.

38 Yet he was merciful;i

he forgavej their iniquitiesk

and did not destroy them.

Time after time he restrained his angerl

and did not stir up his full wrath.

39 He remembered that they were but flesh,m

a passing breezen that does not return.