Psalms 78:40
38 But 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.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
- KJV
- How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
- WEB
- How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
- ASV
- How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
- DARBY
- How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
- BLB
- How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness [and] grieved Him in the desert!
- ÅB
- Hvor titt var de ikke gjenstridige mot ham i ørkenen, gjorde ham sorg på de øde steder!
- OTB
- Hvor ofte gjorde de opprør mot Ham i ørkenen,
Og bedrøvet Ham i ødemarken! - B1930
- Hvor titt var de ikke gjenstridige mot ham i ørkenen, gjorde ham sorg på de øde steder!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:30
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Read in contextPsalms 95:8–10
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Read in contextIsaiah 63:10
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
Read in contextHebrews 3:15–17
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Read in contextNumbers 14:11
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
Read in contextPsalms 78:17
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Read in contextPsalms 107:11
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Read in contextPsalms 106:14–33
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
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