Psa 77:20, 78:14-72, 105:39-41, 106:12-48 | ESV | STEP | You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron .

Psalms 77:20

20 You ^aled your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Psalms 78:14-72

14 ^bIn the daytime he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a fiery light.
15 He ^csplit rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
16 He made streams come out of ^dthe rock
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
^erebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They ^ftested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying,
^g“Can God ^hspread a table in the wilderness?
20 ⁱHe 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;
^ja fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,
22 because they ^kdid not believe in God
and did not trust his saving power.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above
and ^lopened the doors of heaven,
24 and he ^mrained down on them manna to eat
and gave them ⁿthe grain of heaven.
25 Man ate of the bread of ^othe angels;
he sent them food ^pin abundance.
26 He ^qcaused 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 ^rdust,
winged birds like ^sthe sand of the seas;
28 he ^tlet them fall in the midst of their camp,
all around their dwellings.
29 And they ^uate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they ^vcraved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
^wwhile the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed ^xthe strongest of them
and laid low ^ythe young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they ^zstill sinned;
^aadespite his wonders, they did not believe.
33 So he made ^abtheir days ^acvanish like ^{▼▼Hebrew in} a breath, ^{▼▼Or vapor}
and their years in terror.
34 When he killed them, they ^afsought him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.
35 They remembered that God was their ^agrock,
the Most High God their ^ahredeemer.
36 But they ^aiflattered him with their mouths;
they ^ajlied to him with their tongues.
37 Their ^akheart was not ^alsteadfast toward him;
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he, being ^amcompassionate,
^anatoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 He ^aoremembered that they were but ^apflesh,
^aqa wind that passes and comes not again.
40 How often they ^arrebelled against him in the wilderness
and ^asgrieved him in ^atthe desert!
41 They ^autested God again and again
and provoked ^avthe Holy One of Israel.
42 They ^awdid not remember his power ^{▼▼Hebrew hand}
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
43 ^aywhen he performed his ^azsigns in Egypt
and his ^bamarvels in ^bbthe fields of Zoan.
44 He ^bcturned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.
45 He sent among them swarms of ^bdflies, which devoured them,
and ^befrogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave their crops to ^bfthe destroying locust
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with ^bghail
and their sycamores with frost.
48 He gave over their ^bhcattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49 He let loose on them his burning anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of ^bidestroying angels.
50 He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
51 He struck down every ^bjfirstborn in Egypt,
the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of ^bkHam.
52 Then he led out his people ^bllike sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 ^bmHe led them in safety, so that they ^bnwere not afraid,
but ^bothe sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to his ^bpholy land,
^bqto the mountain which his right hand had ^brwon.
55 He ^bsdrove out nations before them;
he ^btapportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 Yet they ^butested and ^bvrebelled against the Most High God
and did not keep his testimonies,
57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like ^bwa deceitful bow.
58 For they ^bxprovoked him to anger with their ^byhigh places;
they ^bzmoved him to jealousy with their ^caidols.
59 When God heard, he was full of ^cbwrath,
and he utterly rejected Israel.
60 He ^ccforsook his dwelling at ^cdShiloh,
the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
61 and delivered his ^cepower to captivity,
his ^cfglory to the hand of the foe.
62 He ^cggave his people over to the sword
and ^chvented his wrath on his heritage.
63 ^ciFire devoured their young men,
and their young women had no ^cjmarriage song.
64 Their ^ckpriests fell by the sword,
and their ^clwidows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord ^cmawoke as from sleep,
like a strong man shouting because of wine.
66 And he ^cnput his adversaries to rout;
he put them to everlasting shame.
67 He rejected the tent of ^coJoseph;
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he ^cploves.
69 He ^cqbuilt his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
70 He ^crchose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from ^csfollowing the nursing ewes he brought him
to ^ctshepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his ^cuinheritance.
72 With ^cvupright heart he shepherded them
and ^cwguided them with his skillful hand.

Psalms 105:39-41

39 He ^cxspread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
40 ^cyThey asked, and he ^czbrought quail,
and gave them ^dabread from heaven in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and ^dbwater gushed out;
it flowed through ^dcthe desert like a river.

Psalms 106:12-48

12 Then ^ddthey believed his words;
they ^desang his praise.
13 But they soon ^dfforgot his works;
they did not wait for ^dghis counsel.
14 But they had ^dha wanton craving in the wilderness,
and ^diput God to the test in the desert;
15 he ^djgave them what they asked,
but sent ^dka wasting disease among them.
16 When men in the camp ^dlwere jealous of Moses
and Aaron, ^dmthe holy one of the Lord,
17 ^dnthe earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
18 ^doFire also broke out in their company;
the flame burned up the wicked.
19 They ^dpmade a calf in Horeb
and worshiped a metal image.
20 They ^dqexchanged the glory of God ^{▼▼Hebrew exchanged their glory}
for the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They ^dsforgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
22 wondrous works in ^dtthe land of Ham,
and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 Therefore ^duhe said he would destroy them—
had not Moses, his ^dvchosen one,
^dwstood in the breach before him,
to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
24 Then they ^dxdespised ^dythe pleasant land,
having ^dzno faith in his promise.
25 They ^eamurmured in their tents,
and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
26 Therefore he ^ebraised his hand and swore to them
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
27 and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
^ecscattering them among the lands.
28 Then they ^edyoked themselves to the ^eeBaal of Peor,
and ate sacrifices offered to ^efthe dead;
29 they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
and a plague broke out among them.
30 Then ^egPhinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stayed.
31 And that was ^ehcounted to him as righteousness
from generation to generation forever.
32 They ^eiangered him at the waters of Meribah,
and it went ill with Moses on their account,
33 for they ^ejmade his spirit bitter, ^{▼▼Or they rebelled against God’s Spirit}
and he ^elspoke rashly with his lips.
34 They did not ^emdestroy the peoples,
^enas the Lord commanded them,
35 but they ^eomixed with the nations
and learned to do as they did.
36 They served their idols,
which became ^epa snare to them.
37 They ^eqsacrificed their sons
and their daughters to ^erthe demons;
38 they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was ^espolluted with blood.
39 Thus they ^etbecame unclean by their acts,
and ^euplayed the whore in their deeds.
40 Then ^evthe anger of the Lord was kindled against ^ewhis people,
and he abhorred his ^exheritage;
41 he ^eygave them into the hand of the nations,
so that those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies ^ezoppressed them,
and they were brought into subjection under their power.
43 ^faMany times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their ^fbpurposes
and were ^fcbrought low through their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
when he ^fdheard their cry.
45 For their sake he ^feremembered his covenant,
and ^ffrelented according to ^fgthe abundance of his steadfast love.
46 He caused them to be ^fhpitied
by all those who held them captive.
47 ^fiSave us, O Lord our God,
and ^fjgather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
and glory in your praise.
48 ^fkBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!
^flAnd let all the people say, “Amen!”
^fmPraise the Lord!

Psalms 77:20

Psalms 78:14-72

Psalms 105:39-41

Psalms 106:12-48

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