Psalm 78:9–29

9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,y

turned back on the day of battle;z

10 they did not keep God’s covenanta

and refused to live by his law.b

11 They forgot what he had done,c

the wonders he had shown them.

12 He did miraclesd in the sight of their ancestors

in the land of Egypt,e in the region of Zoan.f

13 He divided the seag and led them through;

he made the water stand up like a wall.h

14 He guided them with the cloud by day

and with light from the fire all night.i

15 He split the rocksj in the wilderness

and gave them water as abundant as the seas;

16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag

and made water flow down like rivers.

17 But they continued to sink against him,

rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.

18 They willfully put God to the testl

by demanding the food they craved.m

19 They spoke against God;n

they said, “Can God really

spread a table in the wilderness?

20 True, he struck the rock,

and water gushed out,o

streams flowed abundantly,

but can he also give us bread?

Can he supply meatp for his people?”

21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;

his fire broke outq against Jacob,

and his wrath rose against Israel,

22 for they did not believe in God

or trustr in his deliverance.

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.