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Psalm 78:21 KJV
Psalms · chapter 78 · verse 21
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;Psalm 78:21 · King James Version
Psalm 78:21 in context
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?
21Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- kindlednâsaqto catch fireH5400 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- wrothʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- angerʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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