Psalm 78:17

Modern

But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

Traditional

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

Literal

And they added still to sin against Him by rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

Latin

Et apposuerunt adhuc peccare ei; in iram excitaverunt Excelsum in inaquoso.

Hebrew

English

But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

Israel rebelled in the wilderness despite God’s abundant provision.

This wisdom psalm urges people to learn wisdom and share it faithfully.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
Hebrews 3:16–19
For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
Deuteronomy 9:8
At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you.
Deuteronomy 9:12–22
And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”
Psalm 95:8–10
…do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
Psalm 106:13–32
Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
Psalm 78:32
In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God