Psalm 78:40

“Hence when David says, “they provoked God in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert,” the apostle refers to the Holy Spirit the despite done by the Israelites to God, in these terms: “Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, Harden not your hearts,…” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. lxxviii. 40.

“I say then of these crooked and embittering persons, “How often they exasperated Him in the desert, and provoked Him to wrath in the waterless place!” (ver. 40).” — the author cites it