God’s Word Translation
Psalms 78:58
58They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols.
Psalms 78:58 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
- New International Version (NIV)They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
Context of Psalms 78:58
56They 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. They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols. 59When God heard, he became furious. He completely rejected Israel. 60He abandoned his dwelling place in Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among humans.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:58 word by word
וַיַּכְעִיס֥וּהוּ בְּבָמוֹתָ֑ם וּ֝בִפְסִילֵיהֶ֗ם יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:58
- Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your worship sites, cut down your incense altars, and pile your dead bodies on top of your dead idols. I will look at you with disgust.
- Numbers 33:52As you advance, force out all the people who live there. Get rid of all their stone and metal idols, and destroy all their places of worship.
- Deuteronomy 12:2Completely destroy all the worship sites on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every large tree. The people you’re forcing out worship their gods in these places.
- Ezekiel 20:28I brought them to the land that I promised to give them. When they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, they made sacrifices and brought offerings there to make me angry. There they offered their sacrifices and poured out their wine offerings.
- Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord? Will you remain angry forever? Will your fury continue to burn like fire?
- Exodus 34:14(Never worship any other god, because the Lord is a God who does not tolerate rivals. In fact, he is known for not tolerating rivals.)
- Deuteronomy 32:16They made him furious because they worshiped foreign gods and angered him because they worshiped worthless idols.
- Judges 2:12The Israelites abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, the God who brought them out of Egypt. They followed the other gods of the people around them. They worshiped these gods, and that made the Lord angry.
- Ezekiel 8:3It stretched out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair on my head. In these visions from God, the Spirit carried me between heaven and earth. He took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the temple. That was where an idol that stirs up ⌞God’s⌟ anger was located.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?
- Psalms 97:7Everyone who worships idols and brags about false gods will be put to shame. All the gods will bow to him.
- Exodus 20:4Never make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.
- Deuteronomy 4:16that you don’t become corrupt and make your own carved idols. Don’t make statues that represent men or women,
- Deuteronomy 27:15“Whoever has a carved or metal statue, anything disgusting to the Lord that was made by a craftsman, and sets it up in secret will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.
- Judges 2:11The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. They began to serve other gods—the Baals.
- Judges 10:6The people of Israel again did what the Lord considered evil. They began to serve other gods and goddesses—the Baals and the Astartes—and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not serve him.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:58
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 58For they provoked him to anger with their high places - places where idols were worshipped; usually on mountains or elevated places. Leviticus 26:30; compare 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 12:31-32; 2 Kings 17:32; 2 Chronicles 33:17. And moved him to jealousy - As one is when affections due to himself are bestowed upon another - as in the married life. “With their graven images.” Their idols. Graven images are here put for idols in general.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. 5858. Idolatry resulted from sparing the heathen (compare Psa 78:9-11).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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