<p class="poetry">He broke open rocks in the wilderness,p> <p class="poetry">and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness,p> <p class="poetry">and insulted him<n id="1" /> in the desert!p>

<p class="poetry">Yet he brought out his people like sheep;p> <p class="poetry">he led them through the wilderness like a flock.p>

<p class="poetry">In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving<n id="1" /> for meat;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they challenged God<n id="3" /> in the desert.p>

<p class="poetry">So he made a solemn vow<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that he would make them die<n id="2" /> in the desert,p>

<p class="poetry">to the one who led his people through the wilderness,p> <p class="poetry">for his loyal love endures,p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I will escape to a distant place;p> <p class="poetry">I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">They insulted God, saying,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Is God really able to give us food<n id="2" /> in the wilderness?p>

<p class="poetry">He says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">like they were that day at Massah<n id="3" /> in the wilderness,<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road;p> <p class="poetry">they found no city in which to live.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, you are my God! I long for you!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">My soul thirsts<n id="4" /> for you,p> <p class="poetry">my flesh yearns for you,p> <p class="poetry">in a dry and parched<n id="5" /> land where there is no water.p>