27. He rained meat down on them like dust,birds like sand on the seashore.
28. He made them come down inside their camp,all around their tents.
29. They ate till they were gorged –he had given them what they craved.
30. But before they turned from what they craved,even while the food was still in their mouths,
31. God’s anger rose against them;he put to death the sturdiest among them,cutting down the young men of Israel.
32. In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
33. So he ended their days in futilityand their years in terror.
34. Whenever God slew them, they would seek him;they eagerly turned to him again.
35. They remembered that God was their Rock,that God Most High was their Redeemer.
36. But then they would flatter him with their mouths,lying to him with their tongues;
37. their hearts were not loyal to him,they were not faithful to his covenant.
38. Yet he was merciful;he forgave their iniquitiesand did not destroy them.Time after time he restrained his angerand did not stir up his full wrath.
39. He remembered that they were but flesh,a passing breeze that does not return.