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8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
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And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: …
This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-11)The latter part of this psalm, which begins in the middle of a verse, is an exhortation to those who sing gospel psalms to live gospel lives, and to hear the voice of God’s word; otherwise, how can they expect that he should hear the voice of their prayers and praises? Observe, I. The duty required of all those that are the people of Christ’s pasture and the sheep of his hand . He expects that the…
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