translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . The psalmist recalls Israel’s long history of rebellion against God, despite his mighty saving deeds on their behalf.


text: They had an insatiable craving . This is described in Num 11:4-35 .


text: Verses 16-18 describe the events of Num 16:1-40 .


text: They grumbled in their tents . See Deut 1:27 .


text: The intervention of Phinehas is recounted in Num 25:7-8 .


text: Became a snare . See Exod 23:33 ; Judg 2:3 .


text: Num 35:33-34 explains that bloodshed defiles a land.


text: The final verse (v. 48 ) is a conclusion to this fourth “book” (or major editorial division) of the Psalter. Similar statements appear at or near the end of each of the first, second and third “books” of the Psalter (see Pss 41:13; 72:18-19; 89:52 , respectively).