Psalms 78:19
And they spoke ill of God: they said: Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
In Context
18And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.
Cross References
Exodus 16:8And Moses said: In the evening the Lord will give you flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full: for he hath heard your murmurings, with which you have murmured against him, for what are we? your murmuring is not against us, but against the Lord.
Numbers 11:13Whence should I have flesh to give to so great a multitude? they weep against me, saying: Give us flesh that we may eat.
Numbers 21:5And speaking against God end Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.
2 Chronicles 32:19And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the works of the hands of men.
Psalms 23:5Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it!
Revelation 13:6And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
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 →