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78:40-55 How Often They Rebelled, Forgetting the Exodus and Conquest. The next section goes back to the exodus, describing all the plagues God brought against the Egyptian oppressors (vv. 42-53), with a brief summary of the conquest of the Promised Land (vv. 54-55). And yet, how often they rebelled, grieved, tested, and provoked! The reason: they did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe (cf. 77:15). The story is one of constant disbelief in the face of unimaginable grace, and even more grace being granted in the face of disbelief!