Psalm 78:40 Meaning
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Context Explained
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.
Key Themes
rebelliongrieftesting
Related Cross References
Ephesians 4:30
Both verses discuss grieving God through disobedience.
Source: Psalm 78:40