Psalms 78:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. ”

Psalms 78:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they sinned yet more against him - literally, “They added to sin against him.” The idea is, that his mercies, and the proofs of his presence were only made the occasion of greater sin on thei...
Psalms 78:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they (k) sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. (k) Their wicked malice could be overcome by no benefits, which were great and many.
Psalms 78:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical religion of the Samaritans. God, on the contrary,...
Psalms 78:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sinned. Hebrew. chata'. t he MOST HIGH. Hebrew. Elyon. App-4. Compare Psalms 78:35 , and Psalms 77:10 .
Psalms 78:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. Yet they continued still to sin against him. The prophet, having briefly declared how God, by a continual succession of benefits, had clearly manifested the greatness of his love towards...
Psalms 78:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Psalms 78:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they sinned yet more— Yet they sinned still more.
Psalms 78:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -The unbelief of the Israelite fathers is detailed as a sad contrast to God's marvels perfor...
Psalms 78:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people from the exodus down to the time of David, and dwells...
Psalms 78:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They sinned yet more and more . — This implies the discontent which had already shown itself before the miraculous supply of water.
Psalms 78:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israel, and especially the Exodus and wilderness wander...
Psalms 78:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“A Table in the Wilderness” Psalms 78:13-24 Throughout this wonderful recital there is a perpetual contrast between God's unswerving goodness and the incessant backsliding of His people; and as...
Psalms 78:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is set forth in bold relief. The purpose of the psalm...
Psalms 78:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we have a full representation of Israel's unworthiness, as the preceding verses gave us a short relation of God's mercy. Reader, had you and I been present when, at the lifting up of the rod of...
Psalms 78:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they sinned yet more against him ,.... Or, "and they added yet to sin against him" c; which was great ingratitude; they had sinned before, and it might have been hoped that the goodness of God t...
Psalms 78:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. Ver. 17. And they sinned yet more against him ] The better he was to them the worse were they toward him, as if G...
Psalms 78:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And they sinned yet more Hebrew, ויוסיפו עוד לחשׂאלו, They added yet to sin against him. All these miraculous works did not alter their depraved nature; but it broke out into new and greater prov...
Psalms 78:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; Judgments Brought on the Israelites. ...
Psalms 78:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Where they had such strong and singular obligations to obedience, both from the great things which God had then and there done for them, and from their dependence upon God's favour and help for their...
Psalms 78:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the celebrated Asaph in the time of David. Occasion...
Psalms 78:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This story of the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt, is like a looking-glass in which we may, with great sadness, see ourselves reflected. Psalms 78:9 . The children of Ephraim, bei...
Psalms 78:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to which the words were set, as is now the practice...
Psalms 78:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. God in human history I. A people is a community that are most favoured with privileges are oftentimes...
Psalms 78:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period subsequent to the Captivity, is generally allowed...
Psalms 78:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 9:12-22 ; Deuteronomy 9:8 ; Hebrews 3:16-19 ; Psalms 106:13-32 ; Psalms 78:32 ; Psalms 95:8-10
Psalms 78:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wilderness — Where they had such singular obligations to obedience. This was a great aggravation of their sins.

Psalms 78:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 78:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes