Psalms 78:9-25

⁹The soldiers of Ephraim, though armed with bows, ran away on the day of battle.

¹⁰They did not keep God's agreement, and refused to follow his laws.

¹¹They ignored what he had done, and the amazing things he had shown them—

¹²the miracles he had performed for their forefathers near Zoan in Egypt.

¹³He split the sea in two and led them through, making the water stand like walls on either side.

¹⁴He led them with a cloud by day, and by night with a light of fire.

¹⁵He split open rocks in the desert to give his people plenty to drink, water as deep as the ocean.

¹⁶He made streams flow from the stone; water rushing down like rivers!

¹⁷But they repeatedly sinned against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

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.