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Because they rebelled against the words of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High,
Psalms 107:11 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
  • KJV Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
  • BSB because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
  • NASB Because they had rebelled against the words of God And rejected the plan of the Most High.
  • NLT They rebelled against the words of God, scorning the counsel of the Most High.

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Quick answer

Their imprisonment came because they rebelled against God's words and despised his counsel.

Overview

The psalmist names the cause of their bondage: deliberate rebellion against the words and counsel of the Most High. Their suffering was the just fruit of rejecting God's guidance. This underscores that sin brings bondage, and it magnifies the grace that nonetheless rescues rebels, a grace fully revealed in the gospel of Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 23

  • Ps 106:43He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
  • Rom 1:28Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • Ps 78:40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
  • Prov 1:25but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
  • 2 Chr 33:10Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they didn’t listen.
  • 1 Sam 2:5–8Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.
  • Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
  • Jer 44:16“As for the word that you have spoken to us in Yahweh’s name, we will not listen to you.
  • Acts 20:27for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
  • Ps 73:24You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
  • 2 Chr 36:16but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
  • Prov 1:30–31They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
  • Ps 68:6God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
  • Ps 113:7–9He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
  • Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
  • Ps 68:18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
  • Ps 119:24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALED
  • Isa 63:10–11But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
  • Lam 3:39–42Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
  • 2 Chr 25:15–16Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?”
  • Isa 5:19Who say, “Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”
  • Ps 106:7Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
  • Lam 5:15–17The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 107:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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