2 They journeyed through the uninhabited desert,and in lonely places they pitched their tents;
3 they withstood enemies and warded off their foes.
4 When they thirsted, they called upon you,and water was given them from the sheer rock,a quenching of their thirst from the hard stone.
5 For by the things through which their foes were punishedthey in their need were benefited.
6 Instead of a river’s perennial source,troubled with impure blood
7 as a rebuke to the decree for the slaying of infants,You gave them abundant water beyond their hope,
8 after you had shown by the thirst they experiencedhow you punished their adversaries.