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13 They quickly forgot what he had done;[a]
they did not wait for his instructions.[b]
14 In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving[c] for meat;[d]
they challenged God[e] in the wastelands.
15 He granted their request,
then struck them with a disease.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:13 tn Heb “his works.”
  2. Psalm 106:13 tn Heb “his counsel.”
  3. Psalm 106:14 sn They had an insatiable craving. This is described in Num 11:4-35.
  4. Psalm 106:14 tn Heb “they craved [with] a craving.”
  5. Psalm 106:14 tn Heb “they tested God.”
  6. Psalm 106:15 tn Heb “and he sent leanness into their being.”sn Disease. See Num 11:33-34, where this plague is described.

13 (A)They soon forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel,
14 (B)But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tested God in the desert.
15 (C)And He gave them their request,
But (D)sent leanness into their soul.

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

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