26. He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;
27. And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,
28. And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:
29. And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.
30. They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,
31. When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32. For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;
33. And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34. When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after ·God
35. And they remembered that God was their rock, and ·God the Most High, their redeemer.
36. But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;
37. For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38. But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed them not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:
39. And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.
40. How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41. And they turned again and tempted ·God and grieved the Holy One of Israel.
42. They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,