Psalms 78:12-43

12He did miracles in front of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the plain of Zoan.

13He split the sea and led them through, and He made the water stand like a wall.

14By day He led them with a cloud and all night with a light of fire.

15He split apart rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.

16So He brought streams out of a rock, and made waters flow down like rivers.

17Yet they added more sinning against Him, rebelling against Elyon in the desert.

18They put God to the test in their heart by demanding food for their craving.

19Then they spoke against God, saying, “Can God set a table in the wilderness?

20See, He struck the rock, waters gushed out, streams overflowed. But can He give bread? Will He provide meat for His people?”

21When Adonai heard, He was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, and fury also rose against Israel.

22For they did not believe in God or trust in His salvation.

23Yet He commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven,

24and rained down manna upon them to eat, and gave them grain of heaven.

25Man did eat the bread of angels. He sent them abundant provision.

26He loosed the east wind in the skies, and by His power He drove the south wind.

27He rained meat upon them like dust, and winged fowl like sand of the seas.

28And He let it fall amidst their camp, all around their tents.

29So they ate and were very full— for He gave them their desire.

30No longer a stranger from their desire, while their food was still in their mouths,

31the anger of God rose against them and slew the stoutest of them, and struck down young men of Israel.

32Despite all this they sinned still more, and did not trust in His wonders.

33So He ended their days in futility and their years in terror.

34But when He slew them, then they sought Him, and turned back, and desired God eagerly.

35Then they remembered that God was their Rock and El Elyon their Redeemer.

36But they flattered Him with their mouth and kept lying to Him with their tongue.

37For their heart was not steadfast with Him, nor were they faithful to His covenant.

38But He is compassionate, forgives iniquity and does not destroy. Yes, many times He restrains His anger, and does not stir up all His wrath.

39For He remembered that they are but flesh, a passing breath that never returns.

40How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert!

41Again and again they tested God, and pained the Holy One of Israel.

42They did not remember His hand— the day He redeemed them from the foe,

43when He displayed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the plain of Zoan.