Psalm 78:57

57 Fǎn dǎo tuì hòu , xíng guǐzhà , xiàng tāmende zǔzong yíyàng . tāmen gǎibiàn , rútóng fān bēi de gōng .

Psalm 78:57 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:57

But turned back
From God and his worship, apostatized from the true religion, and turned to idols:

and dealt unfaithfully, like their fathers;
in the wilderness; see ( Psalms 78:8 Psalms 78:36 Psalms 78:37 ) ,

they were turned aside like a deceitful bow;
that promises well to carry the arrow right, but drops it at the feet of the archer; or carries it another way, so that it misses the mark, The Targum is,

``as a bow casting arrows;''

to the ground, and not to the mark; see ( Hosea 7:16 ) , or being too much stretched is suddenly broken, and kills the archer; or returns to its own nature; so Arama.

Psalm 78:57 In-Context

55 Tā zaì tāmen miànqián gǎn chū waìbāngrén , yòng shéngzi jiāng waì bāng de dì liáng gĕi tāmen wèi yè , jiào Yǐsèliè zhīpaì de rén , zhù zaì tāmende zhàngpéng lǐ .

56 Tāmen réngjiù shìtan beìnì zhìgāo de shén , bù shǒu tāde fǎdù .

57 Fǎn dǎo tuì hòu , xíng guǐzhà , xiàng tāmende zǔzong yíyàng . tāmen gǎibiàn , rútóng fān bēi de gōng .

58 Yīn tāmende qiū tán , rĕ le tāde nùqì , yīn tāmen diāokè de ǒuxiàng , chù dòng tāde fènhèn .

59 Shén tīngjian , jiù fānù , jíqí zēngwù Yǐsèliè rén .