nkjv Psalms:78:14-52-53 SEEK
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In the daytime also He led them with the cloud ,
And all the night with a light of fire .
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He split the rocks in the wilderness ,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths .
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He also brought streams out of the rock ,
And caused waters to run down like rivers .
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But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness .
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And they tested God in their heart By asking for the food of their fancy .
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Yes ,
they spoke against God :
They said , "
Can God prepare a table in the wilderness ?
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Behold ,
He struck the rock ,
So that the waters gushed out ,
And the streams overflowed .
Can He give bread also ?
Can He provide meat for His people ?
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Therefore the LORD heard this and was furious ;
So a fire was kindled against Jacob ,
And anger also came up against Israel ,
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Because they did not believe in God ,
And did not trust in His salvation .
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Yet He had commanded the clouds above ,
And opened the doors of heaven ,
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Had rained down manna on them to eat ,
And given them of the bread of heaven .
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Men ate angels '
food ;
He sent them food to the full .
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He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens ;
And by His power He brought in the south wind .
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He also rained meat on them like the dust ,
Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas ;
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And He let them fall in the midst of their camp ,
All around their dwellings .
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So they ate and were well filled ,
For He gave them their own desire .
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They were not deprived of their craving ;
But while their food was still in their mouths ,
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The wrath of God came against them ,
And slew the stoutest of them ,
And struck down the choice men of Israel .
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In spite of this they still sinned ,
And did not believe in His wondrous works .
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Therefore their days He consumed in futility ,
And their years in fear .
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When He slew them ,
then they sought Him ;
And they returned and sought earnestly for God .
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Then they remembered that God was their rock ,
And the Most High God their Redeemer .
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Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth ,
And they lied to Him with their tongue ;
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For their heart was not steadfast with Him ,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant .
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But He ,
being full of compassion ,
forgave their iniquity ,
And did not destroy them .
Yes ,
many a time He turned His anger away ,
And did not stir up all His wrath ;
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For He remembered that they were but flesh ,
A breath that passes away and does not come again .
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How often they provoked Him in the wilderness ,
And grieved Him in the desert !
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Yes ,
again and again they tempted God ,
And limited the Holy One of Israel .
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They did not remember His power :
The day when He redeemed them from the enemy ,
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When He worked His signs in Egypt ,
And His wonders in the field of Zoan ;
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Turned their rivers into blood ,
And their streams ,
that they could not drink .
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He sent swarms of flies among them ,
which devoured them ,
And frogs ,
which destroyed them .
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He also gave their crops to the caterpillar ,
And their labor to the locust .
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He destroyed their vines with hail ,
And their sycamore trees with frost .
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He also gave up their cattle to the hail ,
And their flocks to fiery lightning .
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He cast on them the fierceness of His anger ,
Wrath ,
indignation ,
and trouble ,
By sending angels of destruction among them .
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He made a path for His anger ;
He did not spare their soul from death ,
But gave their life over to the plague ,
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And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt ,
The first of their strength in the tents of Ham .
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But He made His own people go forth like sheep ,
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock ;