Psalm 78:18–31

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.