¹³ But they soon ^(C)forgot his works;
    they did not wait for ^(D)his counsel.
¹⁴ But they had ^(E)a wanton craving in the wilderness,
    and ^(F)put God to the test in the desert;
¹⁵ he ^(G)gave them what they asked,
    but sent ^(H)a wasting disease among them.

¹⁶ When men in the camp ^(I)were jealous of Moses
    and Aaron, ^(J)the holy one of the Lord,
^17 (K)the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
    and covered the company of Abiram.
^18 (L)Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They ^(M)made a calf in Horeb
    and worshiped a metal image.
²⁰ They ^(N)exchanged the glory of God^[a]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(O)forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²² wondrous works in ^(P)the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(Q)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his ^(R)chosen one,
^(S)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they ^(T)despised ^(U)the pleasant land,
    having ^(V)no faith in his promise.
²⁵ They ^(W)murmured in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore he ^(X)raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷ and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
    ^(Y)scattering them among the lands.

²⁸ Then they ^(Z)yoked themselves to the ^(AA)Baal of Peor,
    and ate sacrifices offered to ^(AB)the dead;
²⁹ they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then ^(AC)Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was stayed.
³¹ And that was ^(AD)counted to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.

³² They ^(AE)angered him at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³ for they ^(AF)made his spirit bitter,^[b]
    and he ^(AG)spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not ^(AH)destroy the peoples,
    ^(AI)as the Lord commanded them,
³⁵ but they ^(AJ)mixed with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.
³⁶ They served their idols,
    which became ^(AK)a snare to them.
³⁷ They ^(AL)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to ^(AM)the demons;
³⁸ they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was ^(AN)polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they ^(AO)became unclean by their acts,
    and ^(AP)played the whore in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Then ^(AQ)the anger of the Lord was kindled against ^(AR)his people,
    and he abhorred his ^(AS)heritage;
⁴¹ he ^(AT)gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies ^(AU)oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
^43 (AV)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their ^(AW)purposes
    and were ^(AX)brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he ^(AY)heard their cry.
⁴⁵ For their sake he ^(AZ)remembered his covenant,
    and ^(BA)relented according to ^(BB)the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶ He caused them to be ^(BC)pitied
    by all those who held them captive.

^47 (BD)Save us, O Lord our God,
    and ^(BE)gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.

^48 (BF)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting!
^(BG)And let all the people say, “Amen!”
    ^(BH)Praise the Lord!

³⁹ He ^(A)spread a cloud for a covering,
    and fire to give light by night.
^40 (B)They asked, and he ^(C)brought quail,
    and gave them ^(D)bread from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹ He opened the rock, and ^(E)water gushed out;
    it flowed through ^(F)the desert like a river.

¹⁷ Yet they sinned still more against him,
    ^(D)rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸ They ^(E)tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.
¹⁹ They spoke against God, saying,
    ^(F)“Can God ^(G)spread a table in the wilderness?
^20 (H)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;
    ^(I)a fire was kindled against Jacob;
    his anger rose against Israel,
²² because they ^(J)did not believe in God
    and did not trust his saving power.
²³ Yet he commanded the skies above
    and ^(K)opened the doors of heaven,
²⁴ and he ^(L)rained down on them manna to eat
    and gave them ^(M)the grain of heaven.
²⁵ Man ate of the bread of ^(N)the angels;
    he sent them food ^(O)in abundance.
²⁶ He ^(P)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 ^(Q)dust,
    winged birds like ^(R)the sand of the seas;
²⁸ he ^(S)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
    all around their dwellings.
²⁹ And they ^(T)ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they ^(U)craved.
³⁰ But before they had satisfied their craving,
    ^(V)while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed ^(W)the strongest of them
    and laid low ^(X)the young men of Israel.

³² In spite of all this, they ^(Y)still sinned;
    ^(Z)despite his wonders, they did not believe.
³³ So he made ^(AA)their days ^(AB)vanish like^[a] a breath,^[b]
    and their years in terror.
³⁴ When he killed them, they ^(AC)sought him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their ^(AD)rock,
    the Most High God their ^(AE)redeemer.
³⁶ But they ^(AF)flattered him with their mouths;
    they ^(AG)lied to him with their tongues.
³⁷ Their ^(AH)heart was not ^(AI)steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
³⁸ Yet he, being ^(AJ)compassionate,
    ^(AK)atoned for their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
    and did not stir up all his wrath.
³⁹ He ^(AL)remembered that they were but ^(AM)flesh,
    ^(AN)a wind that passes and comes not again.
⁴⁰ How often they ^(AO)rebelled against him in the wilderness
    and ^(AP)grieved him in ^(AQ)the desert!
⁴¹ They ^(AR)tested God again and again
    and provoked ^(AS)the Holy One of Israel.
⁴² They ^(AT)did not remember his power^[c]
    or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
^43 (AU)when he performed his ^(AV)signs in Egypt
    and his ^(AW)marvels in ^(AX)the fields of Zoan.
⁴⁴ He ^(AY)turned their rivers to blood,
    so that they could not drink of their streams.
⁴⁵ He sent among them swarms of ^(AZ)flies, which devoured them,
    and ^(BA)frogs, which destroyed them.
⁴⁶ He gave their crops to ^(BB)the destroying locust
    and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
⁴⁷ He destroyed their vines with ^(BC)hail
    and their sycamores with frost.
⁴⁸ He gave over their ^(BD)cattle to the hail
    and their flocks to thunderbolts.
⁴⁹ He let loose on them his burning anger,
    wrath, indignation, and distress,
    a company of ^(BE)destroying angels.
⁵⁰ He made a path for his anger;
    he did not spare them from death,
    but gave their lives over to the plague.
⁵¹ He struck down every ^(BF)firstborn in Egypt,
    the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of ^(BG)Ham.
⁵² Then he led out his people ^(BH)like sheep
    and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
^53 (BI)He led them in safety, so that they ^(BJ)were not afraid,
    but ^(BK)the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
⁵⁴ And he brought them to his ^(BL)holy land,
    ^(BM)to the mountain which his right hand had ^(BN)won.
⁵⁵ He ^(BO)drove out nations before them;
    he ^(BP)apportioned them for a possession
    and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

⁵⁶ Yet they ^(BQ)tested and ^(BR)rebelled against the Most High God
    and did not keep his testimonies,
⁵⁷ but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
    they twisted like ^(BS)a deceitful bow.
⁵⁸ For they ^(BT)provoked him to anger with their ^(BU)high places;
    they ^(BV)moved him to jealousy with their ^(BW)idols.
⁵⁹ When God heard, he was full of ^(BX)wrath,
    and he utterly rejected Israel.
⁶⁰ He ^(BY)forsook his dwelling at ^(BZ)Shiloh,
    the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
⁶¹ and delivered his ^(CA)power to captivity,
    his ^(CB)glory to the hand of the foe.
⁶² He ^(CC)gave his people over to the sword
    and ^(CD)vented his wrath on his heritage.
^63 (CE)Fire devoured their young men,
    and their young women had no ^(CF)marriage song.
⁶⁴ Their ^(CG)priests fell by the sword,
    and their ^(CH)widows made no lamentation.
⁶⁵ Then the Lord ^(CI)awoke as from sleep,
    like a strong man shouting because of wine.
⁶⁶ And he ^(CJ)put his adversaries to rout;
    he put them to everlasting shame.

⁶⁷ He rejected the tent of ^(CK)Joseph;
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸ but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he ^(CL)loves.
⁶⁹ He ^(CM)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    like the earth, which he has founded forever.
⁷⁰ He ^(CN)chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹ from ^(CO)following the nursing ewes he brought him
    to ^(CP)shepherd Jacob his people,
    Israel his ^(CQ)inheritance.
⁷² With ^(CR)upright heart he shepherded them
    and ^(CS)guided them with his skillful hand.