In spite of all this they still sinned And did not believe in His wonderful works.
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.
- BSB In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
- NKJV In spite of this they still sinned, And did not believe in His wondrous 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.
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Cross-references · 9
- John 12:37But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,
- Ezek 20:13“‘“But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
- Luke 16:31“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”
- Ps 78:22because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
- Num 14:1–45All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- Ps 78:11They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
- Num 25:1–18Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;
- Num 16:1–17Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men.
- Num 21:1–6The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
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