اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 78:18

Smith Van Dyke Version

‎وجربوا الله في قلوبهم بسؤالهم طعاما لشهوتهم‎.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

by asking meat: Psalms 106:14, Psalms 106:15, Exodus 16:2, Exodus 16:3, Numbers 11:4, 1 Corinthians 10:6, James 4:2, James 4:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:2 - wherefore Psalms 95:9 - When Psalms 105:40 - asked Malachi 3:15 - they that tempt Matthew 4:7 - Thou Matthew 6:31 - What shall we eat Acts 5:9 - to tempt 1 Corinthians 10:9 - tempt Hebrews 3:8 - of 1 John 2:16 - the lust of the flesh Revelation 18:14 - thy soul

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they tempted God in their heart,.... Which is desperately wicked, and from whence all impiety flows; they entertained hard thoughts of God; they inwardly fretted at their present circumstances, and secretly repined and murmured against God, and wished for things they should not; not being contented with what they had, and thankful for them, as they ought to have been:

by asking meat for their lust; or, "for their soul"; such as their souls lusted after, and their sensitive appetites craved; for they were not satisfied with the bread they had, which was sufficient for their sustenance and support; they wanted food for pleasure and wantonness; to ask for daily bread is right, but to ask for more to consume on our lusts is wrong, James 4:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they tempted God in their heart - Exodus 16:2. The heart was the source of the evil. They were not satisfied with what he gave them. They asked for that which would be more agreeable to them, and they did it with a complaining and a murmuring spirit. It is not wrong in itself to ask of God that which will be better than what we now possess, for that is the object of all our prayers; but this may be done from a wrong motive - for mere self-gratification, as was the case here; or it may be with a complaining and dissatisfied spirit, such as was evinced on this occasion. In such a case we cannot expect the prayer to be answered “except as a punishment.”

By asking meat for their lust - Food. The word “meat” here does not necessarily denote animal food, as it does with us. They asked another kind of food than manna; and they did it, not because this was “necessary” to sustain life, but in order to gratify their appetites. The original word here, however, is not “lusts,” but “souls;” that is, “they asked food for themselves.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 78:18. By asking meat for their lust. — לנפשם lenaphsham, "for their souls," i.e., for their lives; for they said in their hearts that the light bread, the manna, was not sufficient to sustain their natural force, and preserve their lives. It seems, however, from the expression, that they were wholly carnal; that they had no spirituality of mind; they were earthly, animal, and devilish.