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Psalms 78:41

Psalms 78:41
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

They remembered not his hand,.... Which brought them out of Egypt, and dashed their enemies in pieces, and which had been so often opened to supply their wants in the wilderness; the Targum renders…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Yea, they turned back, and tempted God - They turned away from his service; they were disposed to return to Egypt, and to place themselves in the condition in which they were before they were…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 78:40-72

The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And they turned again and tempted God,

And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

limited(A.V.) would mean "entertained mean and circumscribed notions of His power and goodness and faithfulness" (Kay), or…