Psalm 78:12–53

¹²In the sight of their fathers ^bhe performed wonders

in the land of Egypt, in ^cthe fields of Zoan.

¹³He ^ddivided the sea and let them pass through it,

and made the waters ^estand like a heap.

^14fIn the daytime he led them with a cloud,

and all the night with a fiery light.

¹⁵He ^gsplit rocks in the wilderness

and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.

¹⁶He made streams come out of ^hthe rock

and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

¹⁷Yet they sinned still more against him,

ⁱrebelling against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁸They ^jtested God in their heart

by demanding the food they craved.

¹⁹They spoke against God, saying,

^k“Can God ^lspread a table in the wilderness?

^20mHe struck the rock so that water gushed out

and streams overflowed.

Can he also give bread

or provide meat for his people?”

²¹Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;

ⁿa fire was kindled against Jacob;

his anger rose against Israel,

²²because they ^odid not believe in God

and did not trust his saving power.

²³Yet he commanded the skies above

and ^popened the doors of heaven,

²⁴and he ^qrained down on them manna to eat

and gave them ^rthe grain of heaven.

²⁵Man ate of the bread of ^sthe angels;

he sent them food ^tin abundance.

²⁶He ^ucaused the east wind to blow in the heavens,

and by his power he led out the south wind;

²⁷he rained meat on them like ^vdust,

winged birds like ^wthe sand of the seas;

²⁸he ^xlet them fall in the midst of their camp,

all around their dwellings.

²⁹And they ^yate and were well filled,

for he gave them what they ^zcraved.

³⁰But before they had satisfied their craving,

^awhile the food was still in their mouths,

³¹the anger of God rose against them,

and he killed ^bthe strongest of them

and laid low ^cthe young men of Israel.

³²In spite of all this, they ^dstill sinned;

^edespite his wonders, they did not believe.

³³So he made ^ftheir days ^gvanish like³ a breath,⁴

and their years in terror.

³⁴When he killed them, they ^hsought him;

they repented and sought God earnestly.

³⁵They remembered that God was their ⁱrock,

the Most High God their ^jredeemer.

³⁶But they ^kflattered him with their mouths;

they ^llied to him with their tongues.

³⁷Their ^mheart was not ⁿsteadfast toward him;

they were not faithful to his covenant.

³⁸Yet he, being ^ocompassionate,

^patoned for their iniquity

and did not destroy them;

he restrained his anger often

and did not stir up all his wrath.

³⁹He ^qremembered that they were but ^rflesh,

^sa wind that passes and comes not again.

⁴⁰How often they ^trebelled against him in the wilderness

and ^ugrieved him in ^vthe desert!

⁴¹They ^wtested God again and again

and provoked ^xthe Holy One of Israel.

⁴²They ^ydid not remember his power⁵

or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,

^43zwhen he performed his ^asigns in Egypt

and his ^bmarvels in ^cthe fields of Zoan.

⁴⁴He ^dturned their rivers to blood,

so that they could not drink of their streams.

⁴⁵He sent among them swarms of ^eflies, which devoured them,

and ^ffrogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁶He gave their crops to ^gthe destroying locust

and the fruit of their labor to the locust.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with ^hhail

and their sycamores with frost.

⁴⁸He gave over their ⁱcattle to the hail

and their flocks to thunderbolts.

⁴⁹He let loose on them his burning anger,

wrath, indignation, and distress,

a company of ^jdestroying angels.

⁵⁰He made a path for his anger;

he did not spare them from death,

but gave their lives over to the plague.

⁵¹He struck down every ^kfirstborn in Egypt,

the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of ^lHam.

⁵²Then he led out his people ^mlike sheep

and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵³ⁿHe led them in safety, so that they ^owere not afraid,

but ^pthe sea overwhelmed their enemies.