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Psalms 78:17 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 78:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 78:177 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יּוֹסִ֣יפוּwaywōsiypw
and they repeatedconjH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
ע֭וֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
לַ/חֲטֹאlaḥăṭōʾ
to sinpronH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
ל֑/וֹlwō
pron
לַֽ/מְר֥וֹתlamərwōt
by rebelling againstpronH4784
change · be disobedient · disobey · grievously ···
עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןʿeləywōn
the Most HighadjH5945
on) high(-er · -est) · upper
בַּ/צִּיָּֽהbaṣiyāh
in the dry regionpronH6723
drought · dry (land · place) · solitary place ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 78:17

1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 78 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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