Psalms 78:18
Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
In Context
17And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land;
19They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?
Cross References
Exodus 17:2So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?
Numbers 11:4And the mixed band of people who went with them were overcome by desire: and the children of Israel, weeping again, said, Who will give us flesh for our food?
Psalms 95:9When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.
1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.
James 4:2You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.
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 →