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Psalm 78:40 KJV
Psalms · chapter 78 · verse 40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!Psalm 78:40 · King James Version
Psalm 78:40 in context
38But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wildernessmidbâra pastureH4057 →
- provokemârâhto be bitterH4784 →
- grieveʻâtsabproperly, to carveH6087 →
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The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 40-72