rsv Psalms:78:17-42
rsv@Psalms:78:17 @ He made streams come out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
rsv@Psalms:78:18 @ Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
rsv@Psalms:78:19 @ They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.
rsv@Psalms:78:20 @ They spoke against God, saying, "Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
rsv@Psalms:78:21 @ He smote the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide meat for his people?"
rsv@Psalms:78:22 @ Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob, his anger mounted against Israel;
rsv@Psalms:78:23 @ because they had no faith in God, and did not trust his saving power.
rsv@Psalms:78:24 @ Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;
rsv@Psalms:78:25 @ and he rained down upon them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of heaven.
rsv@Psalms:78:26 @ Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance.
rsv@Psalms:78:27 @ He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;
rsv@Psalms:78:28 @ he rained flesh upon them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;
rsv@Psalms:78:29 @ he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their habitations.
rsv@Psalms:78:30 @ And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved.
rsv@Psalms:78:31 @ But before they had sated their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,
rsv@Psalms:78:32 @ the anger of God rose against them and he slew the strongest of them, and laid low the picked men of Israel.
rsv@Psalms:78:33 @ In spite of all this they still sinned; despite his wonders they did not believe.
rsv@Psalms:78:34 @ So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror.
rsv@Psalms:78:35 @ When he slew them, they sought for him; they repented and sought God earnestly.
rsv@Psalms:78:36 @ They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer.
rsv@Psalms:78:37 @ But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.
rsv@Psalms:78:38 @ Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not true to his covenant.
rsv@Psalms:78:39 @ Yet he, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often, and did not stir up all his wrath.
rsv@Psalms:78:40 @ He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.
rsv@Psalms:78:41 @ How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!
rsv@Psalms:78:42 @ They tested him again and again, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.