Psalms 78:40
How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
In Context
39So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
41And still again they tried God, and set bounds to the Holy One of Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, forget thou not, how thou didst make the LORD thy God wroth in the wilderness; from the day that thou didst go forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the 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 stedfast with God.
Psalms 95:8'Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
Psalms 107:11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.
Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and grieved His holy spirit; therefore He was turned to be their enemy, Himself fought against them.
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 →