Psalms 107:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הִמְר֥וּ אִמְרֵי־אֵ֑ל וַעֲצַ֖ת עֶלְי֣וֹן נָאָֽצוּ

Transliteration

because-himrû ʾimrê-ʾēl and-ʿăṣat ʿelyôn nāʾāṣû

Grammar Details

*himrû*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural - they rebelled against
*ʾimrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - words of
*ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God
*ʿăṣat*: noun, feminine singular construct with prefixed conjunction waw - and counsel of
*ʿelyôn*: adjective/divine name, masculine singular - Most High
*nāʾāṣû*: piel perfect, 3rd person common plural - they spurned/rejected

Word Meanings

*himrû*: they rebelled against/defied/disobeyed
*ʾimrê*: words of/sayings of/commands of
*ʾēl*: God/deity
*ʿăṣat*: counsel of/advice of/plan of
*ʿelyôn*: Most High/Highest One
*nāʾāṣû*: they spurned/rejected/despised/scorned

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Referenced Verses

Ps 106:7 : 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
Ps 106:43 : 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Prov 1:25 : 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Luke 7:30 : 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Ps 73:24 : 24 Thou shalt guide{H8686)} me with thy counsel, and afterward receive{H8799)} me to glory.
Ps 78:40 : 40 How oft did they provoke{H8686)} him in the wilderness, and grieve{H8686)} him in the desert!
Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Acts 20:27 : 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Prov 1:30-31 : 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Isa 5:19 : 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Isa 63:10-11 : 10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
Jer 44:16 : 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
Lam 3:39-42 : 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Lam 5:15-17 : 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. 16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Ps 113:7-9 : 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Ps 119:24 : 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
1 Sam 2:5-8 : 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. 6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
2 Chr 25:15-16 : 15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
2 Chr 33:10 : 10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Ps 68:6 : 6 God setteth{H8688)} the solitary in families: he bringeth out{H8688)} those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious{H8802)} dwell{H8804)} in a dry land.
Ps 68:18 : 18 Thou hast ascended{H8804)} on high, thou hast led captivity captive{H8804)}: thou hast received{H8804)} gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious{H8802)} also, that the LORD God might dwell{H8800)} among them.

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Ps 107:12-14
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12Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
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10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
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29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
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10Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
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17And they sinned{H8800)} yet more{H8686)} against him by provoking{H8687)} the most High in the wilderness.
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17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
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33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
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42Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
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39Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
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26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Ps 106:26
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26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
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24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
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26They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
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Ps 78:31-33
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31The wrath of God came{H8804)} upon them, and slew{H8799)} the fattest of them, and smote down{H8689)} the chosen men of Israel.
32For all this they sinned{H8804)} still, and believed{H8689)} not for his wondrous works{H8737)}.
33Therefore their days did he consume{H8762)} in vanity, and their years in trouble.
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