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Psalms 78:40
40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland!
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!
- 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!
- New Living Translation (NLT)Oh, how often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved his heart in that dry wasteland.
Context of Psalms 78:40
38Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath. 39He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland! 41Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel. 42They did not remember his power— the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
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כַּ֭מָּה יַמְר֣וּהוּ בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּ בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:40
- Psalms 78:17But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
- Psalms 95:8“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
- Psalms 106:14In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test.
- Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them?
- Deuteronomy 9:21Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.
- Isaiah 7:13Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also?
- Isaiah 63:10Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.
- Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Hebrews 3:15As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did 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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