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 He gave them what they asked, * but sent leanness into their soul.

They envied Moses in the camp, * and Aaron, the holy one of the.

The earth opened and swallowed Dathan * and covered the company of Abiram.

Fire blazed up against their company, * and flames devoured the wicked.

Psalm 106: Part II

Israel made a bull&#8209;calf at Horeb * and worshiped a molten image;

And so they exchanged their Glory * for the image of an ox that feeds on grass.

They forgot God their Savior, * who had done great things in Egypt,

Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham, * and fearful things at the Red Sea.

So he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, * to turn away his wrath from consuming them.

They refused the pleasant land * and would not believe his promise.

They grumbled in their tents * and would not listen to the voice of the.

So he lifted his hand against them, * to overthrow them in the wilderness,