Psalms 78:17

17 But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.

Psalms 78:17 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
English Standard Version (ESV)
17 Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
New Living Translation (NLT)
17 Yet they kept on sinning against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
The Message Bible (MSG)
17 All they did was sin even more, rebel in the desert against the High God.
American Standard Version (ASV)
17 Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
17 They continued to sin against him, to rebel in the desert against the Most High.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
17 But they continued to sin against him. In the desert they refused to obey the Most High God.

Psalms 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Psalms 78:17 In-Context

15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.
17 But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?

Cross References 1

  • 1. ver 32,40; Deuteronomy 9:22; Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 63:10; Hebrews 3:16
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