Psalms 78:58

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

Psalms 78:58 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:58

For they provoked him to anger with their high places
Which they built to Baal, and other Heathen dieties:

and moved him to jealousy with their graven images;
which they worshipped, see ( Judges 10:6 ) , which idolatry was spiritual adultery, and so made the Lord jealous of them, who stood in the relation of a husband to them, as a man becomes jealous by the unchaste and lascivious conduct of his wife; and such a course of life the Israelites lived, throughout the reigns of the judges, at certain seasons, until the times of Eli and Samuel, when the ark was carried captive, of which mention is made in the following verses.

Psalms 78:58 In-Context

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.

59 (77-59) God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.

60 (77-60) And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among men.