⁸ You brought ^(A)a vine out of Egypt;
    you ^(B)drove out the nations and planted it.

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

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

⁵⁶ Yet they ^(BU)tested and ^(BV)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 ^(BW)a deceitful bow.
⁵⁸ For they ^(BX)provoked him to anger with their ^(BY)high places;
    they ^(BZ)moved him to jealousy with their ^(CA)idols.
⁵⁹ When God heard, he was full of ^(CB)wrath,
    and he utterly rejected Israel.
⁶⁰ He ^(CC)forsook his dwelling at ^(CD)Shiloh,
    the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
⁶¹ and delivered his ^(CE)power to captivity,
    his ^(CF)glory to the hand of the foe.
⁶² He ^(CG)gave his people over to the sword
    and ^(CH)vented his wrath on his heritage.
^63 (CI)Fire devoured their young men,
    and their young women had no ^(CJ)marriage song.
⁶⁴ Their ^(CK)priests fell by the sword,
    and their ^(CL)widows made no lamentation.
⁶⁵ Then the Lord ^(CM)awoke as from sleep,
    like a strong man shouting because of wine.
⁶⁶ And he ^(CN)put his adversaries to rout;
    he put them to everlasting shame.

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