Psalms 78:56

78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

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

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Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies;

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

78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

What does Psalms 78:56 mean?

Psalms 78:56 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָסָה (nâçâh), מָרָה (mârâh), עֶלְיוֹן (ʻelyôwn).

Hebrew interlinear

Yet

they

temptedנָסָהnâçâh/naw-saw'/H5254to test; by implication, to attempt

and

provokedמָרָהmârâh/maw-raw'/H4784to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)

the

most

highעֶלְיוֹןʻelyôwn/el-yone'/H5945an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

God,אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

and

keptשָׁמַרshâmar/shaw-mar'/H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

not

his

testimonies:עֵדָהʻêdâh/ay-daw'/H5713testimony

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:56.

Genesis 2:15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. the man: or, Adam

Psalms 78:17

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

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What does Psalms 78:56 say?

Psalms 78:56 (King James Version) reads: "Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:"

Is Psalms 78:56 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:56 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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