Psalm 78:18-41

English Standard Version

²¹ Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
    ^(E)a fire was kindled against Jacob;
    his anger rose against Israel,
²² because they ^(F)did not believe in God
    and did not trust his saving power.
²³ Yet he commanded the skies above
    and ^(G)opened the doors of heaven,
²⁴ and he ^(H)rained down on them manna to eat
    and gave them ^(I)the grain of heaven.
²⁵ Man ate of the bread of ^(J)the angels;
    he sent them food ^(K)in abundance.
²⁶ He ^(L)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 ^(M)dust,
    winged birds like ^(N)the sand of the seas;
²⁸ he ^(O)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
    all around their dwellings.
²⁹ And they ^(P)ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they ^(Q)craved.
³⁰ But before they had satisfied their craving,
    ^(R)while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed ^(S)the strongest of them
    and laid low ^(T)the young men of Israel.

³² In spite of all this, they ^(U)still sinned;
    ^(V)despite his wonders, they did not believe.
³³ So he made ^(W)their days ^(X)vanish like^[a] a breath,^[b]
    and their years in terror.
³⁴ When he killed them, they ^(Y)sought him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their ^(Z)rock,
    the Most High God their ^(AA)redeemer.
³⁶ But they ^(AB)flattered him with their mouths;
    they ^(AC)lied to him with their tongues.
³⁷ Their ^(AD)heart was not ^(AE)steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
³⁸ Yet he, being ^(AF)compassionate,
    ^(AG)atoned for their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
    and did not stir up all his wrath.
³⁹ He ^(AH)remembered that they were but ^(AI)flesh,
    ^(AJ)a wind that passes and comes not again.
⁴⁰ How often they ^(AK)rebelled against him in the wilderness
    and ^(AL)grieved him in ^(AM)the desert!
⁴¹ They ^(AN)tested God again and again
    and provoked ^(AO)the Holy One of Israel.