Psalms 107:11
because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
In Context
10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
12He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
Psalms 68:6God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
Psalms 73:24You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
Psalms 106:7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
Psalms 113:7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
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 →