Psalms 78:22-46

²²Because they had not believed in God, and had not trusted in his salvation.

²³Then he ordained the skies from above, and the doors of heaven he opened;

²⁴And he let rain down upon them manna to eat, and the corn of heaven gave he unto them.

²⁵Angels' bread did man eat: he sent them provision to satisfaction.

²⁶He caused an east wind to pass along the heavens; and he led forth by his strength the south wind.

²⁷And he let rain upon them flesh as plentiful as the dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea;

²⁸And he let them fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

²⁹And they ate, and were greatly satisfied, and what they longed for he brought unto them.

³⁰They were not estranged from their longing, yet was their food in their mouth:

³¹When the wrath of God ascended against them, and he slew some of the fattest of them, and the young men of Israel did he strike down.

³²With all this they sinned again, and believed not in his wonders.

³³Therefore he caused their days to come to an end in nought, and their years in dread.

³⁴When he slew them, then did they seek him, and they returned and inquired earnestly after God.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, and the most high God their redeemer.

³⁶Nevertheless they prayed insincerely to him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto him.

³⁷For their heart was not firm with him, and they were not faithful in his covenant.

³⁸But he, being merciful, forgave the iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not awaken all his fury.

³⁹And he remembered that they are but flesh, a spirit that passeth away, and returneth not again.

⁴⁰How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, grieve him in the desert!

⁴¹Yea, they once more tempted God, and set limits to the Holy One of Israel.

⁴²They remembered not his hand, the day when he ransomed them from the adversary;

⁴³When he displayed in Egypt his signs, and his wonderful tokens in the fields of Zo'an.

⁴⁴And he changed their rivers into blood; and their running streams, that they could not drink of them.

⁴⁵He sent out among them various wild beasts, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁶And he gave unto the cricket their products, and their labor unto the locust.