Daily Bread

⁹ The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,^(P)
    turned back on the day of battle;^(Q)
10 they did not keep God’s covenant^(R)
    and refused to live by his law.^(S)
11 They forgot what he had done,^(T)
    the wonders he had shown them.
¹² He did miracles^(U) in the sight of their ancestors
    in the land of Egypt,^(V) in the region of Zoan.^(W)
13 He divided the sea^(X) and led them through;
    he made the water stand up like a wall.^(Y)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
    and with light from the fire all night.^(Z)
15 He split the rocks^(AA) in the wilderness
    and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
¹⁶ he brought streams out of a rocky crag
    and made water flow down like rivers.

¹⁷ But they continued to sin^(AB) against him,
    rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
¹⁸ They willfully put God to the test^(AC)
    by demanding the food they craved.^(AD)
19 They spoke against God;^(AE)
    they said, “Can God really
    spread a table in the wilderness?
²⁰ True, he struck the rock,
    and water gushed out,^(AF)
    streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
    Can he supply meat^(AG) for his people?”
²¹ When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
    his fire broke out^(AH) against Jacob,
    and his wrath rose against Israel,
²² for they did not believe in God
    or trust^(AI) in his deliverance.
²³ Yet he gave a command to the skies above
    and opened the doors of the heavens;^(AJ)
24 he rained down manna^(AK) for the people to eat,
    he gave them the grain of heaven.
²⁵ Human beings ate the bread of angels;
    he sent them all the food they could eat.
²⁶ He let loose the east wind^(AL) from the heavens
    and by his power made the south wind blow.
²⁷ He rained meat down on them like dust,
    birds^(AM) 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—^(AN)
    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,^(AO)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
    he put to death the sturdiest^(AP) among them,
    cutting down the young men of Israel.

³² In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;^(AQ)
    in spite of his wonders,^(AR) they did not believe.^(AS)
33 So he ended their days in futility^(AT)
    and their years in terror.
³⁴ Whenever God slew them, they would seek^(AU) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their Rock,^(AV)
    that God Most High was their Redeemer.^(AW)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,^(AX)
    lying to him with their tongues;
³⁷ their hearts were not loyal^(AY) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
³⁸ Yet he was merciful;^(AZ)
    he forgave^(BA) their iniquities^(BB)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger^(BC)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.
³⁹ He remembered that they were but flesh,^(BD)
    a passing breeze^(BE) that does not return.