In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
Parallel translations
- WEB For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
- KJV For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
- NKJV In spite of this they still sinned, And did not believe in His wondrous works.
- NASB In spite of all this they still sinned And did not believe in His wonderful works.
- NLT But in spite of this, the people kept sinning. Despite his wonders, they refused to trust him.
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Quick answer
Despite judgment, the people kept sinning and refused to believe God's mighty works. Hardened hearts persisted in unbelief.
Overview
Even after discipline, 'they still sinned' and would not trust His 'wondrous works.' Asaph highlights the stubbornness of the human heart that signs and wonders alone cannot cure. This persistent unbelief shows the need for the new heart God promises in the new covenant, secured through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- John 12:37Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.
- Ezek 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
- Luke 16:31Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
- Ps 78:22because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
- Num 14:1–45Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
- Ps 78:11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
- Num 25:1–18While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- Num 16:1–17Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
- Num 21:1–6When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.
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