Psalms 78:17 · KJV
“And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.”
— Psalms 78:17
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Psalms 78 — Context
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave {them} drink as {out of} the great depths.
16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? {furnish: Heb. order}
Cross References
Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, {and} he fought against them.
Hebrews 3:16-19
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
Deuteronomy 9:8
Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
Psalms 95:8-10
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, {and} as {in} the day of temptation in the wilderness: {provocation: Heb. contention}
Deuteronomy 9:12-22
And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted {themselves}; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
Psalms 106:13-32
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: {They soon...: Heb. They made haste, they forgat}
Psalms 78:32
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.