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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 78:17	Strong Concordance	And they sinned [02398] yet more [03254] against him by provoking [04784] the most High [05945] in the wilderness [06723].
	King James	And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
yet more--literally, "added to sin," instead of being led to repentance (Rom 2:4).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

yet more--literally, "added to sin," instead of being led to repentance (Rom 2:4).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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 their part. This may have been in two ways; (1) their sin was thus more aggravated, as being committed against greater light; and (2) they evinced more and more their depravity, in proportion as he bestowed mercies on them - not an uncommon thing with people. By provoking the Most High - literally, "embittering." They rebelled against him. They refused to submit to him. They forgot his mercies. Compare Deu 9:22. In the wilderness - literally, "in the dry place;" in the desert. In the very place where they were most manifestly dependent on him - where there were no natural streams of water - where their needs were met by a miraculous supply - even there did they provoke him, and rebel against him. If he had simply stopped that miraculous supply of water they must have perished. But sinners forget how dependent they are on God, when they sin against him. On what can they rely, if he withdraws from them, and leaves them to themselves?

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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 their part. This may have been in two ways;

(1) their sin was thus more aggravated, as being committed against greater light; and

(2) they evinced more and more their depravity, in proportion as he bestowed mercies on them - not an uncommon thing with people.

By provoking the Most High - literally, "embittering." They rebelled against him. They refused to submit to him. They forgot his mercies. Compare Deu 9:22.

In the wilderness - literally, "in the dry place;" in the desert. In the very place where they were most manifestly dependent on him - where there were no natural streams of water - where their needs were met by a miraculous supply - even there did they provoke him, and rebel against him. If he had simply stopped that miraculous supply of water they must have perished. But sinners forget how dependent they are on God, when they sin against him. On what can they rely, if he withdraws from them, and leaves them to themselves?

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Wilderness - Where they had such singular obligations to obedience. This was a great aggravation of their sins.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

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

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