God’s Word Translation
Psalms 107:11
11because they had rebelled against God’s words and had despised the advice given by the Most High.
Psalms 107:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
- New International Version (NIV)because they rebelled against God’s commands and despised the plans of the Most High.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because they rebelled against the words of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High,
Context of Psalms 107:11
9He gave plenty to drink to those who were thirsty. He filled those who were hungry with good food. 10Those who lived in the dark, in death’s shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains because they had rebelled against God’s words and had despised the advice given by the Most High. 12So he humbled them with hard work. They fell down, but no one was there to help them. 13In their distress they cried out to the Lord. He saved them from their troubles.
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:11 word by word
כִּֽי־הִמְר֥וּ אִמְרֵי־אֵ֑ל וַעֲצַ֖ת עֶלְי֣וֹן נָאָֽצוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:11
- Psalms 68:6God places lonely people in families. He leads prisoners out of prison into productive lives, but rebellious people must live in an unproductive land.
- Psalms 106:43He rescued them many times, but they continued to plot rebellion against him and to sink deeper because of their sin.
- Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and offended his Holy Spirit. So he turned against them as their enemy; he fought against them.
- Lamentations 3:39“Why should any living mortal (any person) complain about being punished for sin?
- Lamentations 5:15There is no joy left in our hearts. Our dancing has turned into mourning.
- Psalms 73:24With your advice you guide me, and in the end you will take me to glory.
- Psalms 113:7He lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.
- Psalms 119:24Indeed, your written instructions make me happy. They are my best friends.
- 2 Chronicles 25:15The Lord became angry with Amaziah. He sent him a prophet who asked him, “Why do you dedicate your life to serving the gods of those people? Those gods couldn’t save their own people from you.”
- 2 Chronicles 33:10When the Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, they wouldn’t even pay attention.
- Proverbs 1:25You ignored all my advice. You did not want me to warn you.
- 1 Samuel 2:5Those who were well-fed hire themselves out for a piece of bread, but those who were hungry hunger no more. Even the woman who was childless gives birth to seven children, but the mother of many children grieves all alone.
- Isaiah 5:19They say, “Let God hurry and quickly do his work so that we may see what he has in mind. Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel happen quickly so that we may understand what he is doing.”
- Jeremiah 44:16“We won’t listen to the message that you have spoken to us in the Lord’s name.
- Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the experts in Moses’ Teachings rejected God’s plan for them. They refused to be baptized.
- Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who love money, heard all this and were making sarcastic remarks about him.
Commentaries on Psalms 107:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Because they rebelled against the words of God - God showed them their duty and their interest, and commanded them to obey his word; but they cast off all subjection to his authority, acted as if they were independent of heaven and earth, and broke out into open rebellion against him. He counsealed and exhorted them to return to him: but they contemned his advice, and turned his counsel into ridicule. 3. As lenient means were ineffectual, he visited them…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Because they rebelled against the words of God - The commands of God. They did not keep his commandments. Their captivity was produced by national disobedience. See the notes at Daniel 9:5-8. And contemned the counsel - They despised the instructions of God. The law of God, at the same time that it “is” law, is of the nature of “counsel,” since it is indicative of what God regards as wise and good, and since it is the best “advice” that God can give to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 This description of prisoners and captives intimates that they are desolate and sorrowful. In the eastern prisons the captives were and are treated with much severity. Afflicting providences must be improved as humbling providences; and we lose the benefit, if our hearts are unhumbled and unbroken under them. This is a shadow of the sinner's deliverance from a far worse confinement. The awakened sinner discovers his guilt and misery. Having…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11God’s counsel includes his instruction and will.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1610-16. Their sufferings were for their rebellion against (Psa 105:28) the words, or purposes, or promises, of God for their benefit. When humbled they cry to God, who delivers them from bondage, described as a dark dungeon with doors and bars of metal, in which they are bound in iron--that is, chains and fetters. shadow of death--darkness with danger (Psa 23:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 107
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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