Psalm 78:18-31

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁸ And in their heart they ^(A)put God to the test
By asking for ^(B)food according to their desire.
¹⁹ Then they spoke against God;
They said, “^(C)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
²⁰ Behold, He ^(D)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He give bread also?
Will He prepare ^[a](E)meat for His people?”

²¹ Therefore Yahweh heard and ^[b]was ^(F)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob
And anger also mounted against Israel,
²² Because they ^(G)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
²³ Yet He commanded the skies above
And ^(H)opened the doors of heaven;
²⁴ He ^(I)rained down manna upon them to eat
And gave them ^(J)grain from heaven.
²⁵ Man ate the bread of ^[c]angels;
He sent them provision ^(K)to satisfy.
²⁶ He ^(L)led forth the east wind in the heavens
And by His strength He guided the south wind.
²⁷ Then He rained ^[d]meat upon them like the dust,
Even ^(M)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
²⁸ He caused them to fall in the midst of His camp,
All around His dwelling places.
²⁹ So they ^(N)ate and were very satisfied,
And their desire He brought to them.
^30 [e]Before they had satisfied their desire,
^(O)While their food was in their mouths,
³¹ The ^(P)anger of God rose against them
And killed ^[f]some of their ^(Q)stoutest ones,
And ^[g]subdued the choice men of Israel.