⁵⁷ Like their ancestors^(A) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.^(B)

¹⁶ They do not turn to the Most High;^(A)
    they are like a faulty bow.^(B)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent^(C) words.
For this they will be ridiculed^(D)
    in the land of Egypt.^(E)

⁴¹ Again and again they put God to the test;^(A)
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel.^(B)

¹⁰ they did not keep God’s covenant^(A)
    and refused to live by his law.^(B)
11 They forgot what he had done,^(C)
    the wonders he had shown them.
¹² He did miracles^(D) in the sight of their ancestors
    in the land of Egypt,^(E) in the region of Zoan.^(F)
13 He divided the sea^(G) and led them through;
    he made the water stand up like a wall.^(H)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
    and with light from the fire all night.^(I)
15 He split the rocks^(J) in the wilderness
    and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
¹⁶ he brought streams out of a rocky crag
    and made water flow down like rivers.

¹⁷ But they continued to sin^(K) against him,
    rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
¹⁸ They willfully put God to the test^(L)
    by demanding the food they craved.^(M)
19 They spoke against God;^(N)
    they said, “Can God really
    spread a table in the wilderness?
²⁰ True, he struck the rock,
    and water gushed out,^(O)
    streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
    Can he supply meat^(P) for his people?”
²¹ When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
    his fire broke out^(Q) against Jacob,
    and his wrath rose against Israel,
²² for they did not believe in God
    or trust^(R) in his deliverance.
²³ Yet he gave a command to the skies above
    and opened the doors of the heavens;^(S)
24 he rained down manna^(T) for the people to eat,
    he gave them the grain of heaven.
²⁵ Human beings ate the bread of angels;
    he sent them all the food they could eat.
²⁶ He let loose the east wind^(U) from the heavens
    and by his power made the south wind blow.
²⁷ He rained meat down on them like dust,
    birds^(V) like sand on the seashore.
²⁸ He made them come down inside their camp,
    all around their tents.
²⁹ They ate till they were gorged—^(W)
    he had given them what they craved.
³⁰ But before they turned from what they craved,
    even while the food was still in their mouths,^(X)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
    he put to death the sturdiest^(Y) among them,
    cutting down the young men of Israel.

³² In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;^(Z)
    in spite of his wonders,^(AA) they did not believe.^(AB)
33 So he ended their days in futility^(AC)
    and their years in terror.
³⁴ Whenever God slew them, they would seek^(AD) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their Rock,^(AE)
    that God Most High was their Redeemer.^(AF)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,^(AG)
    lying to him with their tongues;
³⁷ their hearts were not loyal^(AH) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.