“How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!”
Despite God's patient mercy, Israel's pattern persists: "How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!" The reiteration of rebellion emphasizes the relentless pattern: again and again, despite miracles and mercy, the people turn away from God.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:40
1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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