Psalms 78:18
And they challenged God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
In Context
17Yet they went on to still sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
19Yea, they spoke against God. They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Cross References
Exodus 17:2Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do ye contend with me? Why do ye challenge LORD?
Numbers 11:4And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly. And the sons of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Psalms 95:9where your fathers challenged me, proved me, and saw my work.
1 Corinthians 10:6But these things became our examples, for us not to be men who lust for evil things as those also lusted.
James 4:2Ye desire and do not have, so ye murder. And ye envy and cannot obtain, so ye fight and make war. Ye do not have, because ye do not ask.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →