Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 106:14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
14. A glance at yet another occasion of murmuring and its punishment The phrase and they fell a lusting, is taken from Num 11:4; cp. Psa 78:29-30. They tempted God, i.e. tested Him, put Him to the proof, by questioning His will and ability to provide for them (Psa 78:18).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness – Margin, as in Hebrew, lusted a lust. The reference is to their desire of better food than the manna.
And tempted God in the desert – Tried God, whether he could provide for them food and drink. Psa 78:19-20.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Lusted exceedingly, to wit, for flesh, as the next verse showeth.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
14. Literally, “lusted alust” (quoted from Nu 11:4,Margin). Previously, there had been impatience as tonecessaries of life; here it is lusting (Ps78:18).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,…. Or, “lusted a lust” p as in Nu 11:4 to which story there related this refers; they were not content with the manna they had every day, though very nourishing and of a sweet taste; they lusted after the fish and flesh of Egypt, and other things they ate there; so that this was not a natural lust, or craving after food and drink, to satisfy nature, which would not have been criminal; but a voluptuous last to gratify their appetite: it was lusting after evil tidings, as the apostle interprets it, 1Co 10:6, lust after sinful things, or any unlawful object, or after anything in an unlawful way, is sin.
And tempted God in the desert; which is expressly forbidden by a law which our Lord referred to when he was tempted by Satan in the wilderness: a very ungrateful action this, since God tempts no man to sin; a very daring impiety, a sin of the first magnitude, and which lay in making experiments, in trying whether the presence of God was among them or not; and putting God as it were on proving that he had power sufficient to provide for them in the wilderness; see Ex 17:7. It seems it was Jesus Christ whom they tempted, from whence it appears that he is truly God, 1Co 10:9. Both in this and the preceding clause an emphasis lies on the place where all this was done, the wilderness or desert, where God had done such great things for them, and where they could not help themselves, but were wholly and immediately dependent on him.
p “concupierunt concupiscentiam”, V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, &c.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
14. And they lusted He goes on, according to the history, to mention the sin which, agreeably to the duty of his office as a teacher, he had briefly noticed. Should any one inquire in what way they did not attend to God’s counsel, he answers, because they had indulged in the gratification of their lusts; for the only way of acting with proper moderation is, when God rules and presides over our affections. It is therefore the more necessary to bridle that strong tendency to fleshly lusts which naturally rage within us. For whoever allows himself to desire more than is needful, openly sets himself in direct opposition to God, inasmuch as all fleshly lusts are directly opposed to him.
To tempt God is not to acquiesce in his will, but to desire more than he is willing to grant. And since there are a variety of modes of tempting God, the prophet here adverts to one mode of doing so, namely, that the people had been so presumptuous as to limit God to means of their own devising; and thus, in rejecting the way which they ought to have followed, they ascribed to God a property altogether novel, as much as to say, If God do not feed us with flesh we will not regard him as God. He gave them the food which ought to have satisfied them. And though God is not limited by any means whatsoever, yet it is his will that our minds be rendered subservient to the means which he has appointed. For instance, although he can nourish us without bread, nevertheless it is his will that our life be sustained by such provision; and if we neglect it, and wish to point out to him another way of nourishing us, we tempt his power.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(14) Lusted.See margin.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
14. Tempted God See note on Psa 78:18
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
Ver. 14. But lusted exceedingly ] Heb. lusted a lust. See Num 11:1-35 , they had a sufficiency, but must have superfluities, as belly-gods; not want, but wantonness, set them a lusting, and that in the wilderness, where they knew that in an ordinary way it was not to be had.
And tempted God
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
But: Psa 78:18, Psa 78:30, Num 11:4, Num 11:33, Num 11:34, Deu 9:22, 1Co 10:6
lusted exceedingly: Heb. lusted a lust
tempted: Psa 78:18-20, Psa 78:40, Psa 78:41, Psa 95:8, Psa 95:9, Exo 17:2, Num 14:22, 1Co 10:9, Heb 3:8-10
Reciprocal: Deu 14:26 – thy soul 1Sa 8:8 – General Mal 3:15 – they that tempt Mat 4:7 – Thou Luk 4:12 – Thou Rev 18:14 – thy soul