40. They turned against God so often in the desertand grieved him there.
41. Again and again they tested Godand brought pain to the Holy One of Israel.
42. They did not remember his poweror the time he saved them from the enemy.
43. They forgot the signs he did in Egyptand his wonders in the fields of Zoan.
44. He turned their rivers to bloodso no one could drink the water.
45. He sent flies that bit the people.He sent frogs that destroyed them.
46. He gave their crops to grasshoppersand what they worked for to locusts.
47. He destroyed their vines with hailand their sycamore trees with sleet.
48. He killed their animals with hailand their cattle with lightning.
49. He showed them his hot anger.He sent his strong anger against them,his destroying angels.
50. He found a way to show his anger.He did not keep them from dyingbut let them die by a terrible disease.
51. God killed all the firstborn sons in Egypt,the oldest son of each family of Ham.
52. But God led his people out like sheepand he guided them like a flock through the desert.