Psalms 78:56

56 (77-56) Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies.

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 (77-54) And he brought them into the mountain of his sanctuary: the mountain which his right hand had purchased. And he cast out the Gentiles before them: and by lot divided to them their land by a line of distribution.

55 (77-55) And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.

56 (77-56) Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies.

57 (77-57) And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.

58 (77-58) They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.