Psalms 78:41

“And he gave them into the hand of the Heathen, etc.] In the times of the judges; as into the hands of the Mesopotamians, Moabites, Canaanites, Midianites, and Philistines, to whom they became tributaries; see the book of Judges. And they that hated them ruled over them; as it was threatened and foretold they should, in case they did not observe the law of God, (<032617>Leviticus 26:17).”

“Yea, they turned back, and tempted God - They turned away from his service; they were disposed to return to Egypt, and to place themselves in the condition in which they were before they were delivered from bondage. And limited the Holy One of Israel - The idea is, that they set a limit to the power of God; they fancied or alleged - (and this is a thing often done practically even by the professed people of God) - that there was a boundary in respect to power which he could not pass, or that there were things to be done which he had not the ability to perform. The original word - תוה tâvâh - occurs but three times in the Scriptures; in 1 Samuel 21:13, where it is rendered scrabbled (in the…”

“Yea: Num 14:4, Num 14:22; Deu 6:16; Act 7:39; Heb 3:8-11; Pe2 2:21, Pe2 2:22 limited: Psa 78:19, Psa 78:20; Mar 5:35, Mar 5:36 Psalms 78:42”