Psa 78:14-40 | ESV | STEP | In the daytime he led them with a cloud , and all the night with a fiery light .

Psalms 78:14-40

14 ^aIn the daytime he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a fiery light.
15 He ^bsplit rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
16 He made streams come out of ^cthe rock
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
^drebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They ^etested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying,
^f“Can God ^gspread a table in the wilderness?
20 ^hHe 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;
ⁱa fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,
22 because they ^jdid not believe in God
and did not trust his saving power.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above
and ^kopened the doors of heaven,
24 and he ^lrained down on them manna to eat
and gave them ^mthe grain of heaven.
25 Man ate of the bread of ⁿthe angels;
he sent them food ^oin abundance.
26 He ^pcaused 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 ^qdust,
winged birds like ^rthe sand of the seas;
28 he ^slet them fall in the midst of their camp,
all around their dwellings.
29 And they ^tate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they ^ucraved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
^vwhile the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed ^wthe strongest of them
and laid low ^xthe young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they ^ystill sinned;
^zdespite his wonders, they did not believe.
33 So he made ^aatheir days ^abvanish like ^{▼▼Hebrew in} a breath, ^{▼▼Or vapor}
and their years in terror.
34 When he killed them, they ^aesought him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.
35 They remembered that God was their ^afrock,
the Most High God their ^agredeemer.
36 But they ^ahflattered him with their mouths;
they ^ailied to him with their tongues.
37 Their ^ajheart was not ^aksteadfast toward him;
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he, being ^alcompassionate,
^amatoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 He ^anremembered that they were but ^aoflesh,
^apa wind that passes and comes not again.
40 How often they ^aqrebelled against him in the wilderness
and ^argrieved him in ^asthe desert!