Psalms 78:56

And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

In Context

55And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,

57And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:16And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Lo, thou art lying down with thy fathers, and this people hath risen, and gone a-whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land into the midst of which it hath entered, and forsaken Me, and broken My covenant which I made with it;

Judges 2:11And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim,

Nehemiah 9:25And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.

Psalms 78:40How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →

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