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Psalm 78:56–57

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78:56Yet they challenged and defied68 the sovereign God,69

and did not obey70 his commands.71

78:57They were unfaithful72 and acted as treacherously as73 their ancestors;

they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.74

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Footnotes

  1. 68 Or “tested and rebelled against.”
  2. 69 Heb “God, the Most High.”
  3. 70 Or “keep.”
  4. 71 Heb “his testimonies” (see Ps 25:10).
  5. 72 Heb “they turned back.”
  6. 73 Or “acted treacherously like.”
  7. 74 Heb “they turned aside like a deceitful bow.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God

and did not keep his testimonies,

but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;

they twisted like a deceitful bow.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But they put God to the test

and rebelled against the Most High;

they did not keep his statutes.

Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless,

as unreliable as a faulty bow.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,

for they did not keep his decrees.

They treacherously turned away like their ancestors;

they became warped like a faulty bow.

NLTNew Living Translation

But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High.

They did not obey his laws.

They turned back and were as faithless as their parents.

They were as undependable as a crooked bow.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But they tested and rebelled against God Most High

and did not keep his statutes.

And they turned and were treacherous like their ancestors.

They twisted like a crooked bow.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.