30 They were not 7deprived of their craving;

But ewhile their food was still in their mouths,

31 The wrath of God came against them,

And slew the stoutest of them,

And struck down the choice men of Israel.

32 In spite of this fthey still sinned,

And gdid not believe in His wondrous works.

33 hTherefore their days He consumed in futility,

And their years in fear.

34 iWhen He slew them, then they sought Him;

And they returned and sought earnestly for God.

35 Then they remembered that jGod was their rock,

And the Most High God ktheir Redeemer.

36 Nevertheless they lflattered Him with their mouth,

And they lied to Him with their tongue;

37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him,

Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

38 mBut 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;

39 For qHe remembered rthat they were but flesh,

sA breath that passes away and does not come again.

40 How often they tprovoked 8Him in the wilderness,

And grieved Him in the desert!

41 Yes, uagain and again they tempted God,

And limited the Holy One of Israel.

42 They did not remember His 9power:

The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,

43 When He worked His signs in Egypt,

And His wonders in the field of Zoan;

44 vTurned their rivers into blood,

And their streams, that they could not drink.

45 wHe sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them,

And xfrogs, which destroyed them.

46 He also gave their crops to the caterpillar,

And their labor to the ylocust.

47 zHe destroyed their vines with hail,

And their sycamore trees with frost.

48 He also gave up their acattle to the hail,

And their flocks to fiery 1lightning.

49 He cast on them the fierceness of His anger,

Wrath, indignation, and trouble,

By sending angels of destruction among them.

50 He made a path for His anger;

He did not spare their soul from death,

But gave 2their life over to the plague,

51 And destroyed all the bfirstborn in Egypt,

The first of their strength in the tents of Ham.

52 But He cmade His own people go forth like sheep,

And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;