Psalms 78:17
And they added yet more sin against him: they provoked the most High to wrath in the place without water.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
In Context
16He brought forth water out of the rock: and made streams run down as rivers.
18And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:8For in Horeb also thou didst provoke him, and he was angry, and would have destroyed thee,
Deuteronomy 31:27For I know thy obstinacy, and thy most stiff neck, While I am yet living, and going in with you, you have always been rebellious against the Lord: how much more when I shall be dead?
Psalms 95:8To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
Isaiah 63:10But they provoked to wrath, and afflicted the spirit of his Holy One: and he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
Hebrews 3:16For some who heard did provoke: but not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
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 →