Psalms 78:40
How often they, Resisted him in the desert, Vexed him, in the waste:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
In Context
39So then he remembered, That, Flesh, they were, A Wind departing, that returneth not.
41Yea they again put GOD to the test, And, to the Holy One of Israel, caused they sorrow:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:7Remember—do not forget, how thou didst provoke Yahweh thy God, in the desert,—yea from the day when thou camest forth out of the and of Egypt until ye entered as far as this place, have ye been quarrelling, with Yahweh.
Psalms 78:8And not become, like their fathers, a generation stubborn and rebellious,—A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit, faithful with GOD.
Psalms 95:8Do not harden your heart as at Meribah, As on the day of Massah, in the desert;
Psalms 107:11Because they had rebelled against the sayings of GOD,—and, the counsel of the Most High, they had spurned;
Isaiah 63:10But, they, rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spirit,—And so he turned against them as an enemy, he himself, fought against them.
Hebrews 3:15So long as it is said—To-day, if, unto his voice, ye would hearken, do not harden your hearts,—as in the embitterment.
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 →