Psalms 78:40

78:40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness,

and insulted him ¹  in the desert!

Psalms 106:14

106:14 In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving ²  for meat; ³ 

they challenged God ⁴  in the desert.

Psalms 68:7

68:7 O God, when you lead your people into battle, ⁵ 

when you march through the desert, ⁶  (Selah)

Psalms 107:4

107:4 They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road;

they found no city in which to live.

[78:40]  ¹ tn Or “caused him pain.”

[106:14]  ² sn They had an insatiable craving. This is described in Num 11:4-35.

[106:14]  ³ tn Heb “they craved [with] a craving.”

[106:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “they tested God.”

[68:7]  ³ tn Heb “when you go out before your people.” The Hebrew idiom “go out before” is used here in a militaristic sense of leading troops into battle (see Judg 4:14; 9:39; 2 Sam 5:24).

[68:7]  ⁴ sn When you march through the desert. Some interpreters think that v. 7 alludes to Israel’s exodus from Egypt and its subsequent travels in the desert. Another option is that v. 7, like v. 8, echoes Judg 5:4, which describes how the God of Sinai marched across the desert regions to do battle with Sisera and his Canaanite army.