Psalm 78:18 Parallel Translations

Exodus 17:6 "Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Numbers 11:4 The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, "Who will give us meat to eat?

Deuteronomy 6:16 "You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

Psalm 78:41 Again and again they tempted God, And pained the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,

Psalm 95:9 "When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, though they had seen My work.

Psalm 106:14 But craved intensely in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.

1 Corinthians 10:9 Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by {l} asking meat for their lust.
(l) Then to require more than is necessary, and to separate God's power from his will, is to tempt God.

WES:

78:18 Tempted - Desired a proof of God's power. Lust - Not for their necessary subsistence, but out of an inordinate and luxurious appetite.

MHC:

78:9-39. Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their happiness at last, who can not trust his providence in the way to it. To all that by faith and prayer, ask, seek, and knock, these doors of heaven shall at any time be opened; and our distrust of God is a great aggravation of our sins. He expressed his resentment of their provocation; not in denying what they sinfully lusted after, but in granting it to them. Lust is contented with nothing. Those that indulge their lust, will never be estranged from it. Those hearts are hard indeed, that will neither be melted by the mercies of the Lord, nor broken by his judgments. Those that sin still, must expect to be in trouble still. And the reason why we live with so little comfort, and to so little purpose, is, because we do not live by faith. Under these rebukes they professed repentance, but they were not sincere, for they were not constant. In Israel's history we have a picture of our own hearts and lives. God's patience, and warnings, and mercies, imbolden them to harden their hearts against his word. And the history of kingdoms is much the same. Judgments and mercies have been little attended to, until the measure of their sins has been full. And higher advantages have not kept churches from declining from the commandments of God. Even true believers recollect, that for many a year they abused the kindness of Providence. When they come to heaven, how will they admire the Lord's patience and mercy in bringing them to his kingdom!

CONC:

Asking Craved Craving Demanding Desire Heart Hearts Lust Meat Requesting Tempted Test Tested Testing Tried Try

Craved Craving Demanding Desire Food Heart Hearts Lust Meat Requesting Tempted Test Tested Testing Tried Try Willfully

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