Psalms 78:9-20

⁹The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they turned back on the day of battle.

¹⁰They did not keep the covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

¹¹They forgot his deeds, the wonderful things that he had shown them.

¹²They forgot the marvelous things he did in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the land of Zoan.

¹³He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the waters to stand like walls.

¹⁴In the daytime he led them with a cloud and all the night with the light of fire.

¹⁵He split the rocks in the wilderness, and he gave them water abundantly, enough to fill the depths of the sea.

¹⁶He made streams flow out of the rock and made the water flow like rivers.

¹⁷Yet they continued to sin against him, rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.

¹⁸They challenged God in their hearts by asking for food to satisfy their appetites.

¹⁹They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really lay out a table for us in the wilderness?

²⁰See, when he struck the rock, waters gushed out and streams overflowed. But can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”