^{17 Ref} Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

^{18 Ref} And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

^{19 Ref} Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

^{20 Ref} Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

^{21 Ref} Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

^{22 Ref} Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.

^{23 Ref} Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

^{24 Ref} And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

^{25 Ref} Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

^{26 Ref} He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

^{27 Ref} He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

²⁸ And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

^{29 Ref} So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.

^{30 Ref} They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

^{31 Ref} When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

^{32 Ref} For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.

^{33 Ref} Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

^{34 Ref} When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

^{35 Ref} And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.

^{36 Ref} But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

^{37 Ref} For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

^{38 Ref} But he, being merciful, forgave `their' iniquity, and destroyed `them' not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

^{39 Ref} And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

^{40 Ref} How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

^{41 Ref} And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

^{42 Ref} They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;