Psalms 78:56-59 in English

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

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

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

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

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

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

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

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

⁵⁶ However, the Israeli people rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god, and they did many evil things to see if they could do those things without God punishing them, and they did not obey his commandments.

⁵⁷ Instead, like their ancestors did, they rebelled against God and ◄were not loyal to/did not faithfully obey► him; they were as unreliable as a crooked arrow that does not go straight SIM.

⁵⁸ Because they worshiped carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry DOU.

⁵⁹ He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,

⁵⁷ but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,

⁵⁷ but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,

⁵⁷ but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,

⁵⁶ But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;

⁵⁷ Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

⁵⁸ They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images.

⁵⁹ When this came to God's ears he was very angry, and gave up Israel completely;

⁵⁶ But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,

⁵⁷ And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

⁵⁶ But they provoked God Most High, rebelling against him. They did not follow what he had told them.

⁵⁷ Just like their forefathers they turned away from God and were unfaithful to him, as twisted as a defective bow.

⁵⁸ They made him angry with their pagan high places of worship; they made him jealous with their idols.

⁵⁹ When God heard their worship he became furious and he totally rejected Israel.

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

⁵⁷ But turned backe and delt falsely like their fathers: they turned like a deceitfull bowe.

⁵⁸ And they prouoked him to anger with their high places, and mooued him to wrath with their grauen images.

⁵⁹ God heard this and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel,

⁵⁶ Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies;

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ God heard, and was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel;

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

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel:

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the most high God, and his testimonies they kept not;

⁵⁷ But swerved aside, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers; they turned about like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ And they provoked him to anger with their high-places, and with their graven images they moved him to jealousy.

⁵⁹ God heard this, and he became wroth, and felt greatly disgusted with Israel;

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not his statutes;

⁵⁷ Like their fathers they were faithless, and turned back; They turned aside, like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ They provoked his anger by their high places, And stirred up his jealousy by their graven images.

⁵⁹ God saw this, and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and angered the Most High God, they did not observe his decrees.

⁵⁷ They drew back, false like their ancestors; they failed like a treacherous bow.

⁵⁸ Their shrines stirred him to anger, their idols moved him to jealousy.

⁵⁹ When God heard of this, he was furious, and he spurned Israel utterly.

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and angered the Most High God, they did not observe his decrees.

⁵⁷ They drew back, false like their ancestors; they failed like a treacherous bow.

⁵⁸ Their shrines stirred him to anger, their idols moved him to jealousy.

⁵⁹ When God heard of this, he was furious, and he spurned Israel utterly.

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against haElyon the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies;

⁵⁷ but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

⁵⁹ When God sh'ma ·heard obeyed· this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel God prevails;

⁵⁶ Yet they challenged and defied the Most High God and did not keep his solemn commands.

⁵⁷ They were unfaithful and acted treacherously like their fathers; they were as undependable as a faulty bow.

⁵⁸ For they made him angry with their high places and provoked him to jealous anger with their idols.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was angry and completely rejected Israel.

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,

⁵⁷ but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,

⁵⁷ but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,

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

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this , he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,

⁵⁷ but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,

⁵⁷ but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,

⁵⁶ And they tempted, and wrathed the high God; and they kept not his witnessings.

⁵⁷ And they turned away themselves, and they kept not covenant; as their fathers they were turned into a shrewd bow.

⁵⁸ They stirred him into ire in their little hills; and they stirred him to indignation in their graven images.

⁵⁹ God heard, and forsook; and brought to nought Israel greatly.

⁵⁶ And they tempted, and wrathed the high God; and they kept not his witnessings. (And still they tempted, and angered, the Most High God; and they did not obey his teachings, or his commands.)

⁵⁷ And they turned away themselves, and they kept not covenant; as their fathers, (they) were turned into a shrewd bow. (And they turned themselves away or And they rebelled, and they did not obey the covenant; like their forefathers, they were bent like a crooked bow.)

⁵⁸ They stirred him into ire in their little hills; and they stirred him to indignation in their graven images. (They stirred him to anger with their high places, or their hill shrines; and they stirred him to indignation with their carved images, or their idols.)

⁵⁹ God heard, and forsook; and brought to nought Israel greatly. (God saw and heard all of this; and then he abandoned them, and he brought down Israel into nothing.)

⁵⁶ And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

⁵⁷ And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

⁵⁸ And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

⁵⁹ God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.