Psalm 78:56

56 But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.

Psalm 78:56 in Other Translations

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

56 Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies,

56 But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High. They did not obey his laws.

56 But they kept on giving him a hard time, rebelled against God, the High God, refused to do anything he told them.

56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

56 They tested God Most High and rebelled against him. They did not obey his written instructions.

56 But they rebelliously tested the Most High God, for they did not keep His decrees.

56 But they put God to the test. They refused to obey the Most High God. They didn't keep his laws.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 78:56 In-Context

54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken.

55 He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

56 But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.

57 Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.

58 They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.