1-4. Listen, dear friends, to God’s truth,bend your ears to what I tell you.I’m chewing on the morsel of a proverb;I’ll let you in on the sweet old truths,Stories we heard from our fathers,counsel we learned at our mother’s knee.We’re not keeping this to ourselves,we’re passing it along to the next generation—God’s fame and fortune,the marvelous things he has done.
17-20. All they did was sin even more,rebel in the desert against the High God.They tried to get their own way with God,clamored for favors, for special attention.They whined like spoiled children,“Why can’t God give us a decent meal in this desert?Sure, he struck the rock and the water flowed,creeks cascaded from the rock.But how about some fresh-baked bread?How about a nice cut of meat?”