39He spread out a cloud as a covering,

and a fire to give light at night.

40They asked, and he brought them quail

and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41He opened the rock, and water gushed out;

like a river it flowed in the desert.

42For he remembered his holy promise

given to his servant Abraham.

43He brought out his people with rejoicing,

his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

44he gave them the lands of the nations,

and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—

45that they might keep his precepts

and observe his laws.

Praise the Lord.^a