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²² because they had no faith in God,
   and did not trust his saving power.
²³ Yet he commanded the skies above,
   and opened the doors of heaven;
²⁴ he rained down on them manna to eat,
   and gave them the grain of heaven.
²⁵ Mortals ate of the bread of angels;
   he sent them food in abundance.
²⁶ He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
   and by his power he led out the south wind;
²⁷ he rained flesh upon them like dust,
   winged birds like the sand of the seas;
²⁸ he let them fall within their camp,
   all around their dwellings.
²⁹ And they ate and were well filled,
   for he gave them what they craved.
³⁰ But before they had satisfied their craving,
   while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ the anger of God rose against them
   and he killed the strongest of them,
   and laid low the flower of Israel.

³² In spite of all this they still sinned;
   they did not believe in his wonders.
³³ So he made their days vanish like a breath,
   and their years in terror.
³⁴ When he killed them, they sought for him;
   they repented and sought God earnestly.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their rock,
   the Most High God their redeemer.
³⁶ But they flattered him with their mouths;
   they lied to him with their tongues.
³⁷ Their heart was not steadfast towards him;
   they were not true to his covenant.
³⁸ Yet he, being compassionate,
   forgave their iniquity,
   and did not destroy them;
often he restrained his anger,
   and did not stir up all his wrath.
³⁹ He remembered that they were but flesh,
   a wind that passes and does not come again.
⁴⁰ How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
   and grieved him in the desert!
⁴¹ They tested God again and again,
   and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
⁴² They did not keep in mind his power,
   or the day when he redeemed them from the foe;
⁴³ when he displayed his signs in Egypt,
   and his miracles in the fields of Zoan.