They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.

等不多时，他们就忘了他的作为，不仰望他的指教，

很快地，他们就忘了他的作为，不仰望他的指引，

很快地，他们就忘了他的作为，不仰望他的指引，

然而，他们很快忘了祂的作为，不愿等候祂的引导。

可是他们很快就忘记了他的作为，不仰望他的意旨，

但他们很快就忘记了他的作为，也没有等候他的带领。

等不多時，他們就忘了他的作為，不仰望他的指教，

很快地，他們就忘了他的作為，不仰望他的指引，

很快地，他們就忘了他的作為，不仰望他的指引，

然而，他們很快忘了祂的作為，不願等候祂的引導。

可是他們很快就忘記了他的作為，不仰望他的意旨，

但他們很快就忘了他的作為，不等候着他的意旨，

但他們很快就忘記了他的作為，也沒有等候他的帶領。

遽爾忘其作為、不俟其旨兮、

厥後斯民、忘其經綸、不俟其命兮、

閱時未久、又忘主之作為、不候主之意旨、

不久即忘。慈訓不恤。

But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.

But they soon forgot what he had done. They didn’t wait for what he had planned to happen.

But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!

They soon forgot his works and would not wait for his counsel.

They quickly forgot His works; They did not wait for His plan,

They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,

They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,

They soon forgot His works and would not wait for His counsel.

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,

So the people murmured against Moses, saying,“ What can we drink?”

The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the desert.

They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.

He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the LORD, saying,“ Is the LORD among us or not?”

because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

So the people contended with Moses, and they said,“ Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them,“ Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the LORD?”

This is what the LORD, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel:“ I am the LORD your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go.If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

because they had rebelled against God’s commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place you made for your residence, O Lord, the sanctuary, O LORD, that your hands have established.

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.