Psalms 78:40
How often did they provoke him in the wilderness! How often did they anger him in the desert!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
In Context
39He remembered that they were but flesh,—A breath, that passeth and cometh not back.
41Again and again they tempted God, And offended the Holy One of Israel.
Cross References
Psalms 78:8And might not be, like their forefathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation,—A generation whose heart was not fixed upon God, And whose spirit was not steadfast toward the Almighty.
Psalms 95:8“Harden not your hearts as at Meribah [[the strife]], As in the day of temptation [[Massah]] in the wilderness,
Psalms 107:11Because they disobeyed the commands of God, And contemned the will of the Most High;
Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and grieved his holy spirit; Then did he change himself into their enemy; He himself fought against them.
Hebrews 3:15When it is said, “To-day, if ye hear his voice, harden not 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 →