29. So they ate, and were well filled.He gave them their own desire.
30. They didn’t turn from their cravings.Their food was yet in their mouths,
31. when the anger of God went up against them,killed some of their fattest,and struck down the young men of Israel.
32. For all this they still sinned,and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
33. Therefore he consumed their days in vanity,and their years in terror.
34. When he killed them, then they enquired after him.They returned and sought God earnestly.
35. They remembered that God was their rock,the Most High God, their redeemer.
36. But they flattered him with their mouth,and lied to him with their tongue.
37. For their heart was not right with him,neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38. But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them.Yes, many times he turned his anger away,and didn’t stir up all his wrath.
39. He remembered that they were but flesh,a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
40. How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness,and grieved him in the desert!
41. They turned again and tempted God,and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42. They didn’t remember his hand,nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;