17Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
19Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?
21Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;
22Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.
23Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;
24And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.
25Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.
26He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.
27He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:
28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.
29So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.
30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,
31When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.
32For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.
33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.
34When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
36But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.
37For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38But 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.
39And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.