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They
1forgot his works and
2the wonders that he had shown them.
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In the sight of their fathers
3he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in
4the fields of Zoan.
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He
5divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters
6stand like a heap.
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7In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.
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He
8split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
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He made streams come out of
9the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
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Yet they sinned still more against him,
10rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
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They
11tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.
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They spoke against God, saying,
12"Can God
13spread a table in the wilderness?
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14He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?"
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Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath;
15a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel,
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because they
16did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power.
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Yet he commanded the skies above and
17opened the doors of heaven,
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and he
18rained down on them manna to eat and gave them
19the grain of heaven.
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Man ate of the bread of
20the angels; he sent them food
21in abundance.
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He
22caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;
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he rained meat on them like
23dust, winged birds like
24the sand of the seas;
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he
25let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
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And they
26ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they
27craved.
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But before they had satisfied their craving,
28while the food was still in their mouths,
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the anger of God rose against them, and he killed
29the strongest of them and laid low
30the young men of Israel.
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In spite of all this, they
31still sinned;
32despite his wonders, they did not believe.
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So he made
33their days
34vanish like a breath, and their years in terror.
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When he killed them, they
35sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly.
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They remembered that God was their
36rock, the Most High God their
37redeemer.
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But they
38flattered him with their mouths; they
39lied to him with their tongues.
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Their
40heart was not
41steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.
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Yet he, being
42compassionate,
43atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.
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He
44remembered that they were but
45flesh,
46a wind that passes and comes not again.
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How often they
47rebelled against him in the wilderness and
48grieved him in
49the desert!
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They
50tested God again and again and provoked
51the Holy One of Israel.
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They
52did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
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53when he performed his
54signs in Egypt and his
55marvels in
56the fields of Zoan.
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He
57turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams.
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He sent among them swarms of
58flies, which devoured them, and
59frogs, which destroyed them.
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He gave their crops to
60the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
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He destroyed their vines with
61hail and their sycamores with frost.
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He gave over their
62cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts.
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He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of
63destroying angels.
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He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.
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He struck down every
64firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of
65Ham.
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Then he led out his people
66like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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67He led them in safety, so that they
68were not afraid, but
69the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
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And he brought them to his
70holy land,
71to the mountain which his right hand had
72won.
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He
73drove out nations before them; he
74apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
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Yet they
75tested and
76rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies,
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but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like
77a deceitful bow.