Psalms 106:33
For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
In Context
32They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;
34They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said;
Cross References
Genesis 30:1Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.
Numbers 20:10Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?
Job 38:2Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
Job 42:7And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
Psalms 78:40How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!
Psalms 141:3O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:14-34
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord . 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and… Read the whole commentary →