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Psalm 78:18 KJV
Psalms · chapter 78 · verse 18
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.Psalm 78:18 · King James Version
Psalm 78:18 in context
16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- temptednâçâhto testH5254 →
- askingshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- heartlêbâbthe heartH3824 →
- meatʼôkelfoodH400 →
- GodʼêlstrengthH410 →
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In these verses, I. The psalmist observes the late rebukes of Providence that the people of Israel had been under, which they had brought upon themselves by their dealing treacherously with God, Psa 78:9-11.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-39