New Living Translation
Psalms 78:41
41Again and again they tested God’s patience and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 78:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel.
Context of Psalms 78:41
39For he remembered that they were merely mortal, gone like a breath of wind that never returns. 40Oh, how often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved his heart in that dry wasteland. Again and again they tested God’s patience and provoked the Holy One of Israel. 42They did not remember his power and how he rescued them from their enemies. 43They did not remember his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders on the plain of Zoan.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:41 word by word
וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֵ֑ל וּקְד֖וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִתְווּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 78:41
- Numbers 14:4Then they plotted among themselves, “Let’s choose a new leader and go back to Egypt!”
- Deuteronomy 6:16You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you complained at Massah.
- Acts 7:39“But our ancestors refused to listen to Moses. They rejected him and wanted to return to Egypt.
- Hebrews 3:8don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested me in the wilderness.
- 2 Peter 2:21It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.
- Psalms 78:19They even spoke against God himself, saying, “God can’t give us food in the wilderness.
- Mark 5:35While he was still speaking to her, messengers arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue. They told him, “Your daughter is dead. There’s no use troubling the Teacher now.”
Commentaries on Psalms 78:41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41Limited the Holy One of Israel - The Chaldee translates, "And the Holy One of Israel they signed with a sign." The Hebrew word התוו hithvu is supposed to come from the root תוה tavah, which signifies to mark; and hence the letter ת tau, which in the ancient Hebrew character had the form of a cross X, had its name probably because it was used as a mark. Mr. Bate observes that in hithpael it signifies to challenge or accuse; as one who gives his quark or…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41Yea, they turned back, and tempted God - They turned away from his service; they were disposed to return to Egypt, and to place themselves in the condition in which they were before they were delivered from bondage. And limited the Holy One of Israel - The idea is, that they set a limit to the power of God; they fancied or alleged - (and this is a thing often done practically even by the professed people of God) - that there was a boundary in respect to…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
Topics related to Psalms 78:41
In the dictionaries
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
New Living Translation — © 1996, 2004, 2015 Tyndale House Foundation
Commentaries