NET Bible
"How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the wastelands!"
— Psalms 78:40, NET Bible
“How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!”
“How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert! ”
“How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!”
“How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!”
“How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!”
They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.
Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.
He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the wastelands!
They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.
They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,
when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt, and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan.