Psalms 106:11
Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the counsel of the most High:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quia exacerbaverunt eloquia Dei, et consilium Altissimi irritaverunt.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι παρεπίκραναν τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ ὑψίστου παρώξυναν·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 107:11
- כִּֽי הִמְר֥וּ אִמְרֵי אֵ֑ל וַעֲצַ֖ת עֶלְי֣וֹן נָאָֽצוּ
Haydock's commentary
Exasperated. Hebrew, "changed, or frustrated." This is the source of all misery, (Calmet) as calamities are commonly inflicted on account of sin. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CVII
5. “Them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, fast bound in beggary and iron” ( ver. 10 ). Whence this, but that thou wast attributing things to thyself? that thou wast not owning the grace of God? that thou wast rejecting the counsel of God concerning thee? For see what He addeth: “Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord through pride” ( ver. 11 ), not knowing the righteousness of God, and wishing to establish their own, “and they were bitter against the counsel of the Most High.” “And their heart was brought low in labour” ( ver. 12 ). And now fight against lust; if God cease to aid thou mayest strive, thou canst not conquer. …