Psalms 78:40
How oft did they prouoke him in the wildernes? and grieue him in the desert?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
In Context
39For he remembered that they were flesh: yea, a winde that passeth and commeth not againe.
41Yea, they returned, and tempted God, and limited the Holie one of Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, and forget not, howe thou prouokedst the Lord thy God to anger in the wildernesse: since the day that thou diddest depart out of the land of Egypt, vntill ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled against the Lord.
Psalms 78:8And not to bee as their fathers, a disobedient and rebellious generation: a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirite was not faithfull vnto God.
Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as in Meribah, and as in the day of Massah in the wildernesse.
Psalms 107:11Because they rebelled against the wordes of the Lord, and despised the counsell of the most High,
Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore was hee turned to be their enemie and he fought against them.
Hebrews 3:15So long as it is sayd, To day if ye heare his voyce, harden not your hearts, as in the prouocation.
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 →