Psalms 78:10-37
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they did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by his law.
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They forgot what he had done,
the wonders he had shown them.
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He did miracles in the sight of their fathers
in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
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He divided the sea and led them through;
he made the water stand firm like a wall.
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He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.
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He split the rocks in the desert
and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
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he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers.
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But they continued to sin against him,
rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
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They willfully put God to the test
by demanding the food they craved.
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They spoke against God, saying,
“Can God spread a table in the desert?
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When he struck the rock, water gushed out,
and streams flowed abundantly.
But can he also give us food?
Can he supply meat for his people?”
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When the Lord heard them, he was very angry;
his fire broke out against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
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for they did not believe in God
or trust in his deliverance.
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Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;
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he rained down manna for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
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Men ate the bread of angels;
he sent them all the food they could eat.
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He let loose the east wind from the heavens
and led forth the south wind by his power.
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He rained meat down on them like dust,
flying birds like sand on the seashore.
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He made them come down inside their camp,
all around their tents.
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They ate till they had more than enough,
for he had given them what they craved.
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But before they turned from the food they craved,
even while it was still in their mouths,
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God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
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In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;
in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
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So he ended their days in futility
and their years in terror.
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Whenever God slew them, they would seek him;
they eagerly turned to him again.
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They remembered that God was their Rock,
that God Most High was their Redeemer.
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But then they would flatter him with their mouths,
lying to him with their tongues;
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their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.