Psalm 78:25-42

English Standard Version

²⁵Man ate of the bread of ^(A)the angels;
    he sent them food ^(B)in abundance.
²⁶He ^(C)caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
    and by his power he led out the south wind;
²⁷he rained meat on them like ^(D)dust,
    winged birds like ^(E)the sand of the seas;
²⁸he ^(F)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
    all around their dwellings.
²⁹And they ^(G)ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they ^(H)craved.
³⁰But before they had satisfied their craving,
    ^(I)while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed ^(J)the strongest of them
    and laid low ^(K)the young men of Israel.

³²In spite of all this, they ^(L)still sinned;
    ^(M)despite his wonders, they did not believe.
³³So he made ^(N)their days ^(O)vanish like^[a] a breath,^[b]
    and their years in terror.
³⁴When he killed them, they ^(P)sought him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.
³⁵They remembered that God was their ^(Q)rock,
    the Most High God their ^(R)redeemer.
³⁶But they ^(S)flattered him with their mouths;
    they ^(T)lied to him with their tongues.
³⁷Their ^(U)heart was not ^(V)steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
³⁸Yet he, being ^(W)compassionate,
    ^(X)atoned for their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
    and did not stir up all his wrath.
³⁹He ^(Y)remembered that they were but ^(Z)flesh,
    ^(AA)a wind that passes and comes not again.
⁴⁰How often they ^(AB)rebelled against him in the wilderness
    and ^(AC)grieved him in ^(AD)the desert!
⁴¹They ^(AE)tested God again and again
    and provoked ^(AF)the Holy One of Israel.
⁴²They ^(AG)did not remember his power^[c]
    or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,