Because they provoked his spirit—literally, “They made his spirit bitter,” or they embittered his soul. They threw him off his guard, so tha…

These twenty verses cover the desert wanderings, beginning with the discontented spirit mentioned in Exodus 15:23.

And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it we…

For they grieved his spirit. The verb מרה, marah, properly signifies to vex or irritate. However, as it is used…

Because they provoked his spirit ;
&c.] Though he was a very meek man, meeker than any upon the face of the earth, (…

Those who will not wait for God's counsel will justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even …