27. and to his people he sent down birds,as many as the grains of sand on the shore;
28. they fell in the middle of the campall round the tents.
29. So the people ate and were satisfied;God gave them what they wanted.
30. But they had not yet satisfied their cravingand were still eating,
31. when God became angry with themand killed their strongest men,the best young men of Israel.
32. In spite of all this the people kept sinning;in spite of his miracles they did not trust him.
33. So he ended their days like a breathand their lives with sudden disaster.
34. Whenever he killed some of them,the rest would turn to him;they would repent and pray earnestly to him.
35. They remembered that God was their protector,that the Almighty came to their aid.
36. But their words were all lies;nothing they said was sincere.
37. They were not loyal to him;they were not faithful to their covenant with him.
38. But God was merciful to his people.He forgave their sinand did not destroy them.Many times he held back his angerand restrained his fury.
39. He remembered that they were only mortal beings,like a wind that blows by and is gone.
40. How often they rebelled against him in the desert;how many times they made him sad!
41. Again and again they put God to the testand brought pain to the Holy God of Israel.