39. The lord spread a cloud above them as a coveringand gave them a great fire to light the darkness.
40. They asked for meat, and he sent them quail;he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.
41. He split open a rock, and water gushed outto form a river through the dry wasteland.
42. For he remembered his sacred promiseto his servant Abraham.
43. So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy,his chosen ones with rejoicing.