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Psalms 107:11
because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist identifies the cause of the imprisonment and darkness described in the preceding verse. The text addresses those bound in chains by stating the specific reason for their condition.
The words — The Hebrew verb הִמְר֥וּ (himru) means they rebelled against, and נָאָֽצוּ (na'atsu) means they spurned. These verbs directly object to אִמְרֵי אֵ֑ל (words of God) and עֲצַת עֶלְי֣וֹן (counsel of the Most High).
The thread — The sequence of rebellion followed by suffering appears in Psalms 106:43, Psalms 78:40, and Proverbs 1:25. These passages similarly connect human rejection of divine instruction with subsequent hardship or correction.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that affliction often follows deliberate rejection of God's instruction. It requires the reader to examine their own response to divine counsel rather than treating hardship as arbitrary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Cross-references
- Psalms 106:43 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- Psalms 78:40 How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
- Proverbs 1:25 because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
- Romans 1:28 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- 1 Samuel 2:5 The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
- 2 Chronicles 33:10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Psalms 73:24 You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
- Proverbs 1:30 They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
- Jeremiah 44:16 “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!