God’s Word Translation
Psalms 78:56
56They tested God Most High and rebelled against him. They did not obey his written instructions.
Psalms 78:56 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
- New International Version (NIV)But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,
Context of Psalms 78:56
54He brought them into his holy land, to this mountain that his power had won. 55He forced nations out of their way and gave them the land of the nations as their inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their own tents. They tested God Most High and rebelled against him. They did not obey his written instructions. 57They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors. They were like arrows shot from a defective bow. 58They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:56 word by word
וַיְנַסּ֣וּ וַ֭יַּמְרוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן וְ֝עֵדוֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:56
- Psalms 78:40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness! How often they caused him grief in the desert!
- Deuteronomy 31:16The Lord said to Moses, “Soon you are going to lie down in death with your ancestors. When these people enter the land and are living among the foreigners there, they will chase after foreign gods as though they were prostitutes. They will abandon me and reject the promise I made to them.
- Deuteronomy 32:15Jeshurun got fat and disrespectful. (You got fat! You were stuffed! You were gorged!) They abandoned the God who made them and treated the rock of their salvation like a fool.
- Judges 2:11The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. They began to serve other gods—the Baals.
- 2 Kings 17:7The Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them out of Egypt ⌞and rescued them⌟ from the power of Pharaoh (the king of Egypt). They worshiped other gods
- Nehemiah 9:25The Israelites captured fortified cities and a rich land. They took possession of houses filled with all sorts of good things, cisterns, vineyards, olive trees, and plenty of fruit trees. So they ate and were satisfied and grew fat. They enjoyed the vast supply of good things you gave them.
- Ezekiel 16:15“ ‘But you trusted your beauty, and you used your fame to become a prostitute. You had sex with everyone who walked by.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:56
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 56Yet they tempted and provoked - They tried the patience of God, and provoked him to anger after they were peaceably settled in the promised land. See Judges 2:10-13. The object is to show that it was the character of the people that they were prone to depart from God. Compare Psalm 78:10-11, note; Psalm 78:17, note; Psalm 78:40, note.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 56-72Verses 56-72 After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's holiness, and exposed to his justice. Those whom the Lord forsakes become an easy prey to the destroyer. And sooner or later, God will disgrace his enemies. He set a good government over his people; a monarch after his own heart. With good reason does…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 56-64Israel’s rebellion defiled the promised land. During the time of the judges, the people built shrines to false gods and worshiped idols (Psalm 78:58; see also Judges 2:11; 3:7, 17–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 56-5756-57. a deceitful bow--which turns back, and so fails to project the arrow (2Sa 1:22; Ho 7:16). They relapsed.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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