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Psalms 78:40
40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert!
Psalms 78:40 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
- New International Version (NIV)How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland!
- English Standard Version (ESV)How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!
- New King James Version (NKJV)How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert!
Context of Psalms 78:40
38Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury. 39He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return. How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert! 41They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel. 42They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,
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כַּ֭מָּה יַמְר֣וּהוּ בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּ בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:40
- Psalms 78:17Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.
- Psalms 95:8He says, “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,
- Psalms 106:14In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert.
- Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them?
- Deuteronomy 9:21As for your sinful thing that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down, ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.
- Isaiah 7:13So Isaiah replied, “Pay attention, family of David. Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God?
- Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and offended his holy Spirit, so he turned into an enemy and fought against them.
- Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Hebrews 3:15As it says, “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
Commentaries on Psalms 78:40
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness - Margin, Or, rebel against him. The Hebrew word may have the signification in the margin. The idea is, that they were perverse and rebellious; that they excited his displeasure, and gave occasion for his anger. See Psalm 78:17. And grieve him in the desert - The word here rendered grieve means (1) to work, to fashion; (2) to suffer pain, to travail, to be afflicted; and then, (3) to cause one to suffer pain…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-55Verses 40-55 Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth like sheep; and guided…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-55The Israelites rebelled even though the Lord had rescued them from powerful plagues.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4140-41. There were ten temptations (Nu 14:22).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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