21  ^kTherefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;

a fire was kindled against Jacob;

his anger rose against Israel,

22  because ^lthey did not believe in God

and did not trust his saving power.

23  Yet he commanded the skies above

and ^mopened the doors of heaven,

24  and ⁿhe rained down on them manna to eat

and ^ogave them the grain of heaven.

25  Man ate of the bread of the angels;

he sent them food in abundance.

26  ^pHe caused 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 dust,

winged birds like the sand of the seas;

28  he let them fall in the midst of their camp,

all around their dwellings.

29  And they ate and were well filled,

for ^qhe gave them what they craved.

30  ^rBut before they had satisfied their craving,

while the food was still in their mouths,

31  the anger of God rose against them,

and he killed the strongest of them

and laid low the young men of Israel.

32  ^sIn spite of all this, they still sinned;

^tdespite his wonders, they did not believe.

33  So he made their days vanish like¹ a breath,²

and their years in terror.

34  When he killed them, they sought him;

they repented and sought God earnestly.

35  They remembered that God was their rock,

the Most High God their ^uredeemer.

36  But they flattered him with their mouths;

they lied to him with their tongues.

37  Their heart was not steadfast toward him;

they were not faithful to his covenant.

38  Yet he, being compassionate,

^vatoned for their iniquity

and did not destroy them;

he restrained his anger often

and did not stir up all his wrath.

39  He ^wremembered that they were but ^xflesh,

a ^ywind that passes and comes not again.