Psalms 78:18-30

¹⁸They deliberately provoked God by demanding the foods they longed for.

¹⁹They insulted God by saying, “Can God provide food here in the desert?

²⁰Yes, he can strike a rock so that water gushes out like flowing rivers, but can he give us bread? Can he supply his people with meat?”

²¹When he heard this, the Lord became very angry, burning like fire against the descendants of Jacob, furious with the people of Israel,

²²for they didn't believe in God and didn't trust him to take care of them.

²³Even so he commanded the skies above and the doors of heaven to open,

²⁴and he made manna rain down on them to eat, giving them bread from heaven.

²⁵Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them more than enough food.

²⁶He sent the east wind blowing across the sky; by his power he drove the south wind.

²⁷He rained down meat on them as plentiful as dust; birds as numerous as sand on a beach.

²⁸He made them fall right in the middle of their camp, all around where they were living.

²⁹They ate until they were full. He gave them the food they longed for.

³⁰But before they satisfied their appetite, while the meat was still in their mouths,