⁵ He established ^(I)a testimony in ^(J)Jacob
    and appointed a law in ^(K)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
⁶ that ^(L)the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
⁷     so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget ^(M)the works of God,
    but ^(N)keep his commandments;
⁸ and that they should not be ^(O)like their fathers,
    ^(P)a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation ^(Q)whose heart was not steadfast,
    whose spirit was not faithful to God.

⁹ The Ephraimites, armed with^[b] the bow,
    ^(R)turned back on the day of battle.
¹⁰ They ^(S)did not keep God's covenant,
    but refused to walk according to his law.
¹¹ They ^(T)forgot his works
    and ^(U)the wonders that he had shown them.
¹² In the sight of their fathers ^(V)he performed wonders
    in the land of Egypt, in ^(W)the fields of Zoan.
¹³ He ^(X)divided the sea and let them pass through it,
    and made the waters ^(Y)stand like a heap.
^14 (Z)In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
    and all the night with a fiery light.
¹⁵ He ^(AA)split rocks in the wilderness
    and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
¹⁶ He made streams come out of ^(AB)the rock
    and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet they sinned still more against him,
    ^(AC)rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸ They ^(AD)tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.
¹⁹ They spoke against God, saying,
    ^(AE)“Can God ^(AF)spread a table in the wilderness?
^20 (AG)He struck the rock so that water gushed out
    and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
    or provide meat for his people?”

²¹ Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
    ^(AH)a fire was kindled against Jacob;
    his anger rose against Israel,
²² because they ^(AI)did not believe in God
    and did not trust his saving power.
²³ Yet he commanded the skies above
    and ^(AJ)opened the doors of heaven,
²⁴ and he ^(AK)rained down on them manna to eat
    and gave them ^(AL)the grain of heaven.
²⁵ Man ate of the bread of ^(AM)the angels;
    he sent them food ^(AN)in abundance.
²⁶ He ^(AO)caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
    and by his power he led out the south wind;
²⁷ he rained meat on them like ^(AP)dust,
    winged birds like ^(AQ)the sand of the seas;
²⁸ he ^(AR)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
    all around their dwellings.
²⁹ And they ^(AS)ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they ^(AT)craved.
³⁰ But before they had satisfied their craving,
    ^(AU)while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed ^(AV)the strongest of them
    and laid low ^(AW)the young men of Israel.

³² In spite of all this, they ^(AX)still sinned;
    ^(AY)despite his wonders, they did not believe.
³³ So he made ^(AZ)their days ^(BA)vanish like^[c] a breath,^[d]
    and their years in terror.
³⁴ When he killed them, they ^(BB)sought him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their ^(BC)rock,
    the Most High God their ^(BD)redeemer.
³⁶ But they ^(BE)flattered him with their mouths;
    they ^(BF)lied to him with their tongues.
³⁷ Their ^(BG)heart was not ^(BH)steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
³⁸ Yet he, being ^(BI)compassionate,
    ^(BJ)atoned for their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
    and did not stir up all his wrath.
³⁹ He ^(BK)remembered that they were but ^(BL)flesh,
    ^(BM)a wind that passes and comes not again.

⁹ Therefore justice is far from us,
    and righteousness does not overtake us;
^(I)we hope for light, and behold, darkness,
    and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
^10 (J)We grope for the wall like the blind;
    we grope like those who have no eyes;
we stumble at noon as in the twilight,
    ^(K)among those in full vigor we are like dead men.
¹¹ We all growl like bears;
    ^(L)we moan and moan like doves;
^(M)we hope for justice, but there is none;
    for salvation, but it is far from us.
¹² For our transgressions are multiplied before you,
    and our sins testify against us;
for our transgressions are with us,
    and we know our iniquities:
¹³ transgressing, and denying the Lord,
    and turning back from following our God,
^(N)speaking oppression and revolt,
    conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

The Lord saw it, and it displeased him^[a]
    that there was no justice.