Psalms 106:13-23

13But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.

14In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test.

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

16In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.

17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.

18Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.

19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.

20They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

21They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

22miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.