King James Version
psalm 78:56 in the King James Version says “Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:” — study this verse from psalm chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:”
psalm 78:56 · King James Version
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
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