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But for all this they sinned yet more against him :
 and rebelled against the Most High in the desert.
They wilfully put God to the test :
 and demanded food for their appetite.
They spoke against God, and said :
 ‘Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
‘He indeed struck the rock,
   so that the waters gushed and the streams overflowed :
 but can he also give bread, or provide meat for his people?’
When the Lord heard it he was angry,
   and a fire was kindled against Jacob :
 his wrath blazed against Israel.
For they put no trust in God :
 nor would they believe his power to save.
Then he commanded the clouds above :
 and opened the doors of heaven.
He rained down manna for them to eat :
 and gave them the grain of heaven.
So men ate the bread of angels :
 and he sent them food in abundance.
He stirred up the south east wind in the heavens :
 and guided it by his power.
He rained down meat upon them thick as dust :
 and winged birds like the sands of the sea.
He made them fall into the midst of their camp :
 and all about their tents.
So they ate and were well-filled :
 for he had given them what they desired.
But before they had satisfied their craving :
 while the food was still in their mouths,
The anger of God blazed up against them :
 and he slew their strongest men, and laid low the youth of Israel.
But for all this they sinned yet more :
 and put no faith in his wonders.
So he ended their days like a breath :
 and their years with sudden terror.
When he struck them down, then they sought him :
 they turned, and sought eagerly for God.
They remembered that God was their rock :
 that God Most High was their redeemer.
But they lied to him with their mouths :
 and dissembled with their tongues;
For their hearts were not fixed upon him :
 nor were they true to his covenant.
Yet he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity
   and did not destroy them :
 many times he turned his anger aside,
   and would not wholly arouse his fury.
He remembered that they were but flesh :
 like a wind that passes, and does not return.