Psalm 78:14–40

^14qIn the daytime also He led them with the cloud,

And all the night with a light of fire.

^15rHe split the rocks in the wilderness,

And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.

¹⁶He also brought ^sstreams out of the rock,

And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷But they sinned even more against Him

By ^trebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.

¹⁸And ^uthey tested God in their heart

By asking for the food of their fancy.

^19vYes, they spoke against God:

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

^20wBehold, He struck the rock,

So that the waters gushed out,

And the streams overflowed.

Can He give bread also?

Can He provide meat for His people?”

²¹Therefore the Lord heard this and ^xwas furious;

So a fire was kindled against Jacob,

And anger also came up against Israel,

²²Because they ^ydid not believe in God,

And did not trust in His salvation.

²³Yet He had commanded the clouds above,

^zAnd opened the doors of heaven,

^24aHad rained down manna on them to eat,

And given them of the ⁵bread of ^bheaven.

²⁵Men ate angels’ food;

He sent them food to ⁶the full.

^26cHe caused an east wind to blow in the heavens;

And by His power He brought in the south wind.

²⁷He also rained meat on them like the dust,

Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;

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

All around their dwellings.

^29dSo they ate and were well filled,

For He gave them their own desire.

³⁰They were not ⁷deprived of their craving;

But ^ewhile their food was still in their mouths,

³¹The wrath of God came against them,

And slew the stoutest of them,

And struck down the choice men of Israel.

³²In spite of this ^fthey still sinned,

And ^gdid not believe in His wondrous works.

^33hTherefore their days He consumed in futility,

And their years in fear.

³⁴ⁱWhen He slew them, then they sought Him;

And they returned and sought earnestly for God.

³⁵Then they remembered that ^jGod was their rock,

And the Most High God ^ktheir Redeemer.

³⁶Nevertheless they ^lflattered Him with their mouth,

And they lied to Him with their tongue;

³⁷For their heart was not steadfast with Him,

Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

^38mBut He, being full of ⁿcompassion, forgave their iniquity,

And did not destroy them.

Yes, many a time ^oHe turned His anger away,

And ^pdid not stir up all His wrath;

³⁹For ^qHe remembered ^rthat they were but flesh,

^sA breath that passes away and does not come again.

⁴⁰How often they ^tprovoked ⁸Him in the wilderness,

And grieved Him in the desert!