The Meaning of Psalms 107:11 Explained

Psalms 107:11

KJV: Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

YLT: Because they changed the saying of God, And the counsel of the Most High despised.

Darby: Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...

ASV: Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Because they rebelled  against the words  of God,  and contemned  the counsel  of the most High: 

What does Psalms 107:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Psalms 107

1  The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence
4  Over travelers
10  Over captives
17  Over sick men
23  Over sailors
33  And in diverse varieties of life

What do the individual words in Psalms 107:11 mean?

because they rebelled against the words of God and the counsel of the Most High despised
כִּֽי־ הִמְר֥וּ אִמְרֵי־ אֵ֑ל וַעֲצַ֖ת עֶלְי֣וֹן נָאָֽצוּ

כִּֽי־  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
הִמְר֥וּ  they  rebelled  against 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: מָרָה  
Sense: to be contentious, be rebellious, be refractory, be disobedient towards, be rebellious against.
אִמְרֵי־  the  words 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֵמֶר 
Sense: utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command.
אֵ֑ל  of  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
וַעֲצַ֖ת  and  the  counsel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֵצָה 
Sense: counsel, advice, purpose.
עֶלְי֣וֹן  of  the  Most  High 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עֶלְיׄון 
Sense: high, upper.
נָאָֽצוּ  despised 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָאַץ  
Sense: to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor.