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14 but demanded better food,[a] testing God’s patience to the breaking point. 15 So he gave them their demands but sent them leanness in their souls.[b] 16 They were envious of Moses, yes, and Aaron too, the man anointed[c] by God as his priest.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:14 demanded better food, literally, “lusted exceedingly.”
  2. Psalm 106:15 but sent them leanness in their souls, or “but sent a plague to punish them.”
  3. Psalm 106:16 the man anointed, literally, “the holy one of Jehovah.”

14 In the desert(A) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness(B) they put God to the test.(C)
15 So he gave them(D) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease(E) among them.

16 In the camp they grew envious(F) of Moses
    and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.

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