Psalm 105

Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.
Egypt was glad when they departed,
for dread of them had fallen upon it.
He spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
They asked, and he brought quails,
and gave them food from heaven in abundance.
He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed through the desert like a river.
For he remembered his holy promise,
and Abraham, his servant.

So he brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with singing.
He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,
that they might keep his statutes
and observe his laws.
Praise the Lord!

These few lines encompass forty years in the wilderness, including:
The rebellion of Dathan,
Idolatry at Horeb,
Thirsting and testing at Meribah,
and in the words of the next psalm:
"they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds and a plague broke out among them."

Even in the midst of bitter struggle and failure, God was with them and is with us.

Psalm 105