Psalm 78:14-40

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^14 (A)In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
    and all the night with a fiery light.
¹⁵ He ^(B)split rocks in the wilderness
    and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
¹⁶ He made streams come out of ^(C)the rock
    and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
¹⁷ Yet they sinned still more against him,
    ^(D)rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸ They ^(E)tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.
¹⁹ They spoke against God, saying,
    ^(F)“Can God ^(G)spread a table in the wilderness?
^20 (H)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;
    ^(I)a fire was kindled against Jacob;
    his anger rose against Israel,
²² because they ^(J)did not believe in God
    and did not trust his saving power.
²³ Yet he commanded the skies above
    and ^(K)opened the doors of heaven,
²⁴ and he ^(L)rained down on them manna to eat
    and gave them ^(M)the grain of heaven.
²⁵ Man ate of the bread of ^(N)the angels;
    he sent them food ^(O)in abundance.
²⁶ He ^(P)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 ^(Q)dust,
    winged birds like ^(R)the sand of the seas;
²⁸ he ^(S)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
    all round their dwellings.
²⁹ And they ^(T)ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they ^(U)craved.
³⁰ But before they had satisfied their craving,
    ^(V)while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed ^(W)the strongest of them
    and laid low ^(X)the young men of Israel.
³² In spite of all this, they ^(Y)still sinned;
    ^(Z)despite his wonders, they did not believe.
³³ So he made ^(AA)their days ^(AB)vanish like^[a] a breath,^[b]
    and their years in terror.
³⁴ When he killed them, they ^(AC)sought him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their ^(AD)rock,
    the Most High God their ^(AE)redeemer.
³⁶ But they ^(AF)flattered him with their mouths;
    they ^(AG)lied to him with their tongues.
³⁷ Their ^(AH)heart was not ^(AI)steadfast towards him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
³⁸ Yet he, being ^(AJ)compassionate,
    ^(AK)atoned for their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
    and did not stir up all his wrath.
³⁹ He ^(AL)remembered that they were but ^(AM)flesh,
    ^(AN)a wind that passes and comes not again.
⁴⁰ How often they ^(AO)rebelled against him in the wilderness
    and ^(AP)grieved him in ^(AQ)the desert!