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78:17-31 Yet They Sinned Still More in the Wilderness. The next section advances the people's worthiness of blame with yet they sinned still more against God (in spite of the deeds they had seen, vv. 12-16). The verses that follow stress the people's disbelief of God's continued ability or commitment to care for them, as they demanded food, and God provided manna (vv. 21-25; cf. Ex. 16:1-21) and quail, for which they suffered a plague (Ps. 78:26-31; cf. Num. 11:31-34, which corresponds to the description better than Ex. 16:13 does). These acts of provision preserved the covenant people, though God cut off the disbelieving along the way (Ps. 78:22, did not believe; v. 31, anger of God at their disbelief).