Psalms 78:12-55

Psalms 78:12-55

[12] Marvellous things  did  he in the sight  of their fathers,  in the land  of Egypt,  in the field  of Zoan.  [13] He divided  the sea,  and caused them to pass through;  and he made the waters  to stand  as an heap.  [14] In the daytime  also he led  them with a cloud,  and all the night  with a light  of fire.  [15] He clave  the rocks  in the wilderness,  and gave them drink  as out of the great  depths.  [16] He brought  streams  also out of the rock,  and caused waters  to run down  like rivers.  [17] And they sinned  yet more  against him by provoking  the most High  in the wilderness.  [18] And they tempted  God  in their heart  by asking  meat  for their lust.  [19] Yea, they spake  against God;  they said,  Can  God  furnish  a table  in the wilderness?  [20] Behold, he smote  the rock,  that the waters  gushed out,  and the streams  overflowed;  can  he give  bread  also? can  he provide  flesh  for his people?  [21] Therefore the LORD  heard  this, and was wroth:  so a fire  was kindled  against Jacob,  and anger  also came up  against Israel;  [22] Because they believed  not in God,  and trusted  not in his salvation:  [23] Though he had commanded  the clouds  from above,  and opened  the doors  of heaven,  [24] And had rained down  manna  upon them to eat,  and had given  them of the corn  of heaven.  [25] Man  did eat  angels'  food:  he sent  them meat  to the full.  [26] He caused an east wind  to blow  in the heaven:  and by his power  he brought in  the south wind.  [27] He rained  flesh  also upon them as dust,  and feathered  fowls  like as the sand  of the sea:  [28] And he let it fall  in the midst  of their camp,  round about  their habitations.  [29] So they did eat,  and were well  filled:  for he gave  them their own desire;  [30] They were not estranged  from their lust.  But while their meat  was yet in their mouths,  [31] The wrath  of God  came  upon them, and slew  the fattest  of them, and smote down  the chosen  men of Israel.  [32] For all this they sinned  still, and believed  not for his wondrous works.  [33] Therefore their days  did he consume  in vanity,  and their years  in trouble.  [34] When he slew  them, then they sought  him: and they returned  and enquired early  after God.  [35] And they remembered  that God  was their rock,  and the high  God  their redeemer.  [36] Nevertheless they did flatter  him with their mouth,  and they lied  unto him with their tongues.  [37] For their heart  was not right  with him, neither were they stedfast  in his covenant.  [38] But he, being full of compassion,  forgave  their iniquity,  and destroyed  them not: yea, many a time  he his anger  away,  and did not stir up  all his wrath.  [39] For he remembered  that they were but flesh;  a wind  that passeth away,  and cometh not again.  [40] How  oft did they provoke  him in the wilderness,  and grieve  him in the desert!  [41] Yea, they turned back  and tempted  God,  and limited  the Holy One  of Israel.  [42] They remembered  not his hand,  nor the day  when he delivered  them from the enemy.  [43] How he had wrought  his signs  in Egypt,  and his wonders  in the field  of Zoan:  [44] And had turned  their rivers  into blood;  and their floods,  that they could not drink.  [45] He sent  divers sorts of flies  among them, which devoured  them; and frogs,  which destroyed  them. [46] He gave  also their increase  unto the caterpiller,  and their labour  unto the locust.  [47] He destroyed  their vines  with hail,  and their sycomore trees  with frost.  [48] He gave up  their cattle  also to the hail,  and their flocks  to hot thunderbolts.  [49] He cast  upon them the fierceness  of his anger,  wrath,  and indignation,  and trouble,  by sending  evil  angels  among them. [50] He made  a way  to his anger;  he spared  not their soul  from death,  their life  over  to the pestilence;  [51] And smote  all the firstborn  in Egypt;  the chief  of their strength  in the tabernacles  of Ham:  [52] But made his own people  to go forth  like sheep,  and guided  them in the wilderness  like a flock.  [53] And he led  them on safely,  so that they feared  not: but the sea  overwhelmed  their enemies.  [54] And he brought  them to the border  of his sanctuary,  even to this mountain,  which his right hand  had purchased.  [55] He cast out  the heathen  also before  them, and divided  them an inheritance  by line,  and made the tribes  of Israel  to dwell  in their tents.