<p>3:10 <i>Therefore I was displeased with this generation, and said: They do always err in their heart. They did not know My ways</i>- This 'displeasure' or 'grief' lasted 40 years (:17 s.w.); it was a daily grief that they did not trust Him. To believe in God is to trust Him. In Hebrew, belief is trust. And no amount of petty testing of God will give us that trust. Psalm 95 gives us a unique insight into God's internal thought processes. He &quot;said&quot; within Himself that they problem was in Israel's hearts. They had seen &quot;His way in the Red Sea&quot; (Ps. 77:19), He had &quot;made known His ways to Israel&quot; (Ps. 103:17), but their heart was far from Him. But &quot;My ways&quot; refers so often to God's commandments; israel were repeatedly asked to &quot;walk in His ways&quot; as they walked through the wilderness (Dt. 10:12; 11:22; 26:17 etc.). He sought not so much total legalistic obedience to His ways / commandments as to &quot;know&quot; them, to appreciate them, to perceive them in their hearts. The Hebrew word translated &quot;err&quot; is that used for Israel's &quot;wandering&quot; in the wilderness for 40 years (Ps. 107:4). They wandered in their minds, just as humanity does today- from this passing passion to that, toying with that principle or fantasy and then with this... and that mental lack of stability was reflected in how they literally wandered. This aimless wandering through life is the parade characteristic of the unbelieving world. Only a firm hope in Christ and our future salvation can give us this mental and emotional stability which is the work of the Holy Spirit.</p>