Psalms 78:18-30

¹⁸They willfully challenged God, demanding the food that they longed for.

¹⁹“Is God able,” such was their challenge, “to spread in the desert a table?

²⁰From the rock that he struck there gushed water, and torrents that overflowed; but can he also give bread, or provide his people with meat?”

²¹When the Lord heard this, he was furious, and fire was kindled on Jacob, anger flared up against Israel.

²²For they put no trust in God, no confidence in his help.

²³So he summoned the clouds above; and, opening the doors of heaven,

²⁴he rained manna upon them for food, and grain of heaven he gave them.

²⁵Everyone ate the bread of angels; he sent them food to the full.

²⁶He launched the east wind in the heavens, and guided the south by his power.

²⁷He rained meat upon them like dust, winged bird like the sand of the sea.

²⁸In the midst of their camp he dropped it, all around their tents.

²⁹They ate and were more than filled; he had brought them the thing they desired.

³⁰But the thing they desired became loathsome: while their food was still in their mouths,