¹⁷ But they continued to sin^(A) against him,
    rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
¹⁸ They willfully put God to the test^(B)
    by demanding the food they craved.^(C)
19 They spoke against God;^(D)
    they said, “Can God really
    spread a table in the wilderness?
²⁰ True, he struck the rock,
    and water gushed out,^(E)
    streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
    Can he supply meat^(F) for his people?”

⁵² But he brought his people out like a flock;^(A)
    he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
⁵³ He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
    but the sea engulfed^(B) their enemies.^(C)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
    to the hill country his right hand^(D) had taken.
⁵⁵ He drove out nations^(E) before them
    and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;^(F)
    he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.