Psalms 106:13-23

13They soon forgot his works and would not wait for his counsel.

14They were seized with craving in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

15He gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.

16In the camp they were envious of Moses and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.

17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

18Fire blazed throughout their assembly; flames consumed the wicked.

19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped the cast metal image.

20They exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

22wondrous works in the land of Ham, awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.

23So he said he would have destroyed them — if Moses his chosen one had not stood before him in the breach to turn his wrath away from destroying them.