Psalm 78:9-31

English Standard Version

⁹ The Ephraimites, armed with^[a] the bow,
    ^(A)turned back on the day of battle.
¹⁰ They ^(B)did not keep God's covenant,
    but refused to walk according to his law.
¹¹ They ^(C)forgot his works
    and ^(D)the wonders that he had shown them.
¹² In the sight of their fathers ^(E)he performed wonders
    in the land of Egypt, in ^(F)the fields of Zoan.
¹³ He ^(G)divided the sea and let them pass through it,
    and made the waters ^(H)stand like a heap.
^14 (I)In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
    and all the night with a fiery light.
¹⁵ He ^(J)split rocks in the wilderness
    and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
¹⁶ He made streams come out of ^(K)the rock
    and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet they sinned still more against him,
    ^(L)rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸ They ^(M)tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.
¹⁹ They spoke against God, saying,
    ^(N)“Can God ^(O)spread a table in the wilderness?
^20 (P)He struck the rock so that water gushed out
    and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
    or provide meat for his people?”

²¹ Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
    ^(Q)a fire was kindled against Jacob;
    his anger rose against Israel,
²² because they ^(R)did not believe in God
    and did not trust his saving power.
²³ Yet he commanded the skies above
    and ^(S)opened the doors of heaven,
²⁴ and he ^(T)rained down on them manna to eat
    and gave them ^(U)the grain of heaven.
²⁵ Man ate of the bread of ^(V)the angels;
    he sent them food ^(W)in abundance.
²⁶ He ^(X)caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
    and by his power he led out the south wind;
²⁷ he rained meat on them like ^(Y)dust,
    winged birds like ^(Z)the sand of the seas;
²⁸ he ^(AA)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
    all around their dwellings.
²⁹ And they ^(AB)ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they ^(AC)craved.
³⁰ But before they had satisfied their craving,
    ^(AD)while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed ^(AE)the strongest of them
    and laid low ^(AF)the young men of Israel.