Tehillim 106:23-25

Orthodox Jewish Bible

²³ Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moshe His bechir (chosen one) stood before Him in the peretz (breach), to turn away His wrath, lest He should destroy them.

²⁴ Then they despised the eretz chemdah (desirable land); they believed not His Devar;

²⁵ But murmured in their ohalim, and paid heed not unto the kol (voice) of Hashem.