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Psalms 78:28-42 Modern English Version (MEV)

28. and He let them fall in the midst of their campall around their habitations.

29. So they ate and were satisfied,for He gave them their own desire;

30. while they were not yet filled up,and while the meat was still in their mouths,

31. the wrath of God came upon them,and He killed the strongest of themand struck down the young men of Israel.

32. For all this they sinned still,and did not believe despite His wondrous works.

33. Therefore He made their days vanish like a breath,and their years in trouble.

34. When He killed them, then they sought Him;they turned back and longed for God.

35. They remembered that God was their rock,and the Most High God their redeemer.

36. Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth,and they lied to Him with their tongues;

37. for their heart was not devoted to Him,neither were they committed to His covenant.

38. But He being full of compassionforgave their iniquityand did not destroy them.He constantly restrained His anger,and did not stir up all His wrath;

39. for He remembered that they were but flesh,like a wind that passes away and does not return.

40. How often they provoked Him in the wildernessand grieved Him in the desert!

41. Yes, they tested God over and over,and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

42. They did not remember His power,nor the day when He delivered them from the enemy,

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