¹⁸ Then once again I fell^(A) prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water,^(B) because of all the sin you had committed,^(C) doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and so arousing his anger. ¹⁹ I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you.^(D) But again the Lord listened to me.^{(E) 20} And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too. ²¹ Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust^(F) and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.^(G)

²² You also made the Lord angry^(H) at Taberah,^(I) at Massah^(J) and at Kibroth Hattaavah.^(K)

²³ And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea,^(L) he said, “Go up and take possession^(M) of the land I have given you.” But you rebelled^(N) against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust^(O) him or obey him. ²⁴ You have been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you.^(P)

²⁵ I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nights^(Q) because the Lord had said he would destroy you.^(R)

Psalm 126

A song of ascents.

¹¹ On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him.^(A) Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts^(B) of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

²⁰ Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened^(A) in his faith and gave glory to God,^(B)