Psalms 78:40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Darby Translation
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 flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.
41And they turned again and tempted God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, forget not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.
Psalms 78:8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah, in the wilderness;
Psalms 107:11Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High;
Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit: and he turned to be their enemy; himself, he fought against them.
Hebrews 3:15in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;
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 →