Psalms 78:40
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
In Context
39And he remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and comes not again.
41And they turned again and challenged God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, do not thou forget how thou provoked LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou went forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against LORD.
Psalms 78:8and might not be as their fathers: a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, as the day of trial in the wilderness,
Psalms 107:11because they rebelled against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the Most High.
Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit. Therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] himself fought against them.
Hebrews 3:15while it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.
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 →