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When (οὗ)
Rend. where. See οὗ after ἔρημος wilderness, Deu 8:15.
Tempted me, proved me (ἐπείρασαν ἐν δοκιμασία)
Lit. tried (me) in proving. The text differs from lxx, which reads ἐπείρασαν, ἐδοκίμασαν tempted, proved, as A.V. The phrase here means tempted by putting to the test. Comp. ἐκπειράζειν to tempt or try with a view to seeing how far one can go. See on 1Co 10:9.
And saw my works (καὶ εἶδον τὰ ἔργα μου)
Some construe my works with both verbs: tried and saw my works: but it is better to supply me after ἐπείρασαν tempted, to take works with saw only, and to give καὶthe force of and yet (see on Luk 18:7). “They tempted and yet saw my works;” although they saw my works. The Hebrew is “tried me, proved me, yea saw my works.”
Forty years
In lxx this is connected with saw my works. In the Hebrew forty years begins the next clause.