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They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,
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But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.
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And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
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When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the Lord,
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The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram.
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A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
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They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image.
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Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
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They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
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Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea.
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Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.