Psalms 78:40
How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, grieve him in the desert!
Leeser Tanakh
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 are but flesh, a spirit that passeth away, and returneth not again.
41Yea, they once more tempted God, and set limits to the Holy One of Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, do not forget, how thou didst provoke the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, have ye been rebellious against the Lord.
Psalms 78:8And that they may not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that had not directed their heart firmly, and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as on the day of the temptation in the wilderness:
Psalms 107:11Because they have rebelled against the words of God, and have contemned the counsel of the Most High;
Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit; and he changed himself to become their enemy, and he 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 →