Psalms 78:56

56 But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep his statutes.

Psalms 78:56 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:56

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God
After the death of Joshua, and in the times of the judges, by worshipping and serving the gods of the nations, and forsaking the Lord their God, who had done such great things for them, ( Judges 2:11-14 ) ,

and kept not his testimonies;
the laws of God, which testified and declared his mind and will; nor observed his word and ordinances, which testified of his grace, and of the way of salvation by Jesus Christ.

Psalms 78:56 In-Context

54 So he brought them to his holy territory, this mountain his right hand acquired.

55 And he drove out nations before them and allocated them for an inheritance by [boundary] line, and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

56 But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep his statutes.

57 And they turned and were treacherous like their ancestors. They twisted like a crooked bow.

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and made him jealous with their images.