Psalms 107:11
because they rebelled against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the Most High.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
In Context
10[even] those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread, and those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]. Yea, the barren has borne seven, and she who has many sons languishes.
2 Chronicles 33:10And LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people, but they gave no heed.
Psalms 68:6God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
Psalms 73:24Thou will guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalms 106:7Our fathers did not understand thy wonders in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of thy loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
Psalms 113:7He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:11-17
The Divine Goodness towards Prisoners. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh… Read the whole commentary →