New English Translation
Psalms 78:56
56Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.
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 to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired. 55He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands. 57They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow. 58They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.
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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, and insulted him in the desert!
- Deuteronomy 31:16Then the Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.
- Judges 2:11The Israelites did evil before the Lord by worshiping the Baals.
- 2 Kings 17:7This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods;
- Nehemiah 9:25They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things – wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness.
- Ezekiel 16:15“‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his.
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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