Psalmen 78:17

17 Nog voeren zij wijders voort tegen Hem te zondigen, verbitterende den Allerhoogste in de dorre wildernis.

Psalmen 78:17 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:17

And they sinned yet more against him
Or, "and they added yet to sin against him" ^F3; which was great ingratitude; they had sinned before, and it might have been hoped that the goodness of God to them would have engaged them to have sinned no more, at least at such a rate, and in such a manner, as they had done; but instead of sinning less, they sinned more and more, they added sin to sin; such is the corrupt heart of man, notwithstanding the grace of God, and the blessings of it vouchsafed unto him:

by provoking the most High in the wilderness;
everything is aggravating; the object against whom they sinned was the most High, which betrays their impiety, folly, and vanity; and they did not slightly sin against him, but did those things which were highly provoking and exasperating; and that in the wilderness, where they received so many favours, and where they must have been starved and perish, and could not have lived, without immediate provision, support, and protection, from the hand of the Lord.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (wl awjxl dwe wpyowyw) "et addiderunt adhuc ad peccandum ei", Montanus, "vel peccare", Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis.

Psalmen 78:17 In-Context

15 Hij kliefde de rotsstenen in de woestijn, en drenkte hen overvloedig, als uit afgronden.

16 Want Hij bracht stromen voort uit de steenrots, en deed de wateren afdalen als rivieren.

17 Nog voeren zij wijders voort tegen Hem te zondigen, verbitterende den Allerhoogste in de dorre wildernis.

18 En zij verzochten God in hun hart, begerende spijs naar hun lust.

19 En zij spraken tegen God, zij zeiden: Zou God een tafel kunnen toerichten in de woestijn?