 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness and grieve him in the desert. That is, the children of Israel provoked God. Yea, they turned back and tempted God. Now watch verse 41. And limited the Holy One of Israel. They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. Now, notice it says here, they limited the Holy One of Israel. You know what the word limited literally means? It means they proscribed or they put a circle around.