Psalms 78:18
And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
In Context
17And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
19And they speak against God — they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'
Cross References
Exodus 17:2and the people strive with Moses, and say, 'Give us water, and we drink.' And Moses saith to them, 'What? — ye strive with me, what? — ye try Jehovah?'
Numbers 11:4And the rabble who [are] in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, 'Who doth give us flesh?
Psalms 95:9Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.
1 Corinthians 10:6and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.
James 4:2ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;
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 →