The third part.
[verse 22] Because they did not faithfully
beleeve, and hope that he
Could always help and succour them
in their necessitie.
[verse 23] Wherefore he did command the clouds,
forthwith they brake in sunder.
[verse 24] And rain'd down manna for them to eat,
a food of mickle wonder.
[verse 25] When earthly men with angels food
were fed at their request,
[verse 26] He bade the east-wind blow away,
and brought in the south-west.
[verse 27] He rain'd down flesh as thick as dust,
and fowl as thick as sand:
[verse 28] Which he did cast amid the place
where all their tents did stand.
[verse 29] Then did they eat exceedingly,
and all men had their fills;
Yet more and more they did desire
to serve their lusts and wills.
[verse 30] But as the meat was in their mouths,
his wrath upon them fell,
[verse 31] And slew the flower of all their youth,
and choice of Israel.
[verse 32] Yet fell they to their wonted sin,
and still they did him grieve:
For all the wonders that he wrought,
they would him not believe.
[verse 33] Their days therefore he shortened,
and made their honour vain:
Their years did waste and pass away
with terrour and with pain.
[verse 34] But ever when he plagued them,
they sought him by and by,
[verse 35] Remembring that he was their strength
their help, and God most high.
[verse 36] Though in their mouths they did but glose
and flatter with the Lord:
And with their tongues and in their hearts
dissembled every word.