Salmi 78:40

40 Quante volte si ribellarono a lui nel deserto, e lo contristarono nella solitudine!

Salmi 78:40 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:40

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness
Where they were not only at his mercy, having nothing to help themselves with, but had many singular mercies bestowed upon them; and yet were continually committing such sins against God as provoked the eyes of his glory; ten times they tempted him, the Lord says, ( Numbers 14:22 ) , therefore that dispensation is called the provocation and day of temptation; for it was a series of rebellion and sin, ( Psalms 95:8 ) ,

and grieve him in the desert;
which signifies the same as before, and is spoken after the manner of men, ( Genesis 6:6 ) and like a tender parent grieved at the disobedience of his child, and that he is obliged to take the rod and chastise it. The prophet Isaiah says, they "vexed" or "grieved his Holy Spirit", ( Isaiah 63:10 ) , the same word is there used as here; compare with it ( Ephesians 4:30 ) .

Salmi 78:40 In-Context

38 Ma egli, che è pietoso, che perdona l’iniquità e non distrugge il peccatore, più volte rattenne la sua ira, e non lasciò divampare tutto il suo cruccio.

39 Ei si ricordò ch’essi erano carne, un fiato che passa e non ritorna.

40 Quante volte si ribellarono a lui nel deserto, e lo contristarono nella solitudine!

41 E tornarono a tentare Iddio e a provocare il Santo d’Israele.

42 Non si ricordaron più della sua mano, del giorno in cui egli li liberò dal nemico,