Psalms 78:19

“Is God able,” such was their challenge, “to spread in the desert a table?

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In The King James Version

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

In Context

18They willfully challenged God, demanding the food that they longed for.

20From the rock that he struck there gushed water, and torrents that overflowed; but can he also give bread, or provide his people with meat?”

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Cross References

Psalms 23:5You spread a table for me in face of my foes; with oil you anoint my head, and my cup runs over.

Revelation 13:6It opened its mouth only to blaspheme God, to blaspheme his name and his tent – those who live in his tent 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 →

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