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they aroused his jealousy with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/78.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They angered God by building shrines to other gods; they made him jealous with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/78.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/78.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/78.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/78.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they provoked Him with their high places And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For they provoked Him with their high places And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For they provoked Him with their high places, And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/78.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For they provoked Him with their high places And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/78.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [devoted to idol worship] And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images [by denying Him the love, worship, and obedience that is rightfully and uniquely His].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/78.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They enraged him with their high places and provoked his jealousy with their carved images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/78.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their carved images. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/78.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/78.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God demanded all their love, but they made him angry by worshiping idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/78.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/78.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/78.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They angered him with their heathen places of worship, and with their idols they made him furious. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/78.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />they angered him with their high places and with their carved images they made him jealous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/78.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/78.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/78.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/78.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/78.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/78.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And make Him angry with their high places, "" And make Him zealous with their carved images,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/78.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/78.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will make him angry with their heights, and they will provoke him to jealousy with their carved images.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/78.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/78.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 77:58>They impelled him to anger on their hills, and they provoked him to rivalry with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/78.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They enraged him with their high places, and with their idols provoked him to jealous anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/78.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/78.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they provoked him to anger by sacrificing on high places, and made him indignant with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/78.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they angered him by their sacrifices and they made him jealous by their idols.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/78.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For they provoked Him with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/78.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they provoked him with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/78-58.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9853" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">I Will Open My Mouth in Parables</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">57</span>They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow. <span class="reftext">58</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3707.htm" title="3707: way·yaḵ·‘î·sū·hū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- To be vexed or angry. A primitive root; to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant.">They enraged Him</a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: bə·ḇā·mō·w·ṯām (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">with their high places</a> <a href="/hebrew/7065.htm" title="7065: yaq·nî·’ū·hū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- To be jealous or zealous. A primitive root; to be zealous, i.e. jealous or envious.">and provoked His jealousy</a> <a href="/hebrew/6456.htm" title="6456: ū·ḇip̄·sî·lê·hem (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- An idol, image. From pacal; an idol.">with their idols.</a> </span><span class="reftext">59</span>On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16-21</a></span><br />They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. / They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. / You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a></span><br />And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-22.htm">1 Kings 14:22-24</a></span><br />And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done. / They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10-12</a></span><br />They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger. / They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18-19</a></span><br />The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger. / But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10-12</a></span><br />So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. / Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-13</a></span><br />My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5-6</a></span><br />who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? / Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5</a></span><br />because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-25.htm">2 Chronicles 28:25</a></span><br />In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-22</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. / Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29-30</a></span><br />Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. / Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a></span><br />Little children, keep yourselves from idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20</a></span><br />Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.</p><p class="hdg">their high</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30</a></b></br> And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52</a></b></br> Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2,4</a></b></br> Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: … </p><p class="hdg">moved</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5</a></b></br> How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-14.htm">Exodus 34:14</a></b></br> For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name <i>is</i> Jealous, <i>is</i> a jealous God:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16,17,21</a></b></br> They provoked him to jealousy with strange <i>gods</i>, with abominations provoked they him to anger… </p><p class="hdg">with</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/97-7.htm">Psalm 97:7</a></b></br> Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all <i>ye</i> gods.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4,5</a></b></br> Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness <i>of any thing</i> that <i>is</i> in heaven above, or that <i>is</i> in the earth beneath, or that <i>is</i> in the water under the earth: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-16.htm">Deuteronomy 4:16-25</a></b></br> Lest ye corrupt <i>yourselves</i>, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/78-50.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/ezra/5-12.htm">Angered</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/73-20.htm">Aroused</a> <a href="/job/19-24.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/job/19-24.htm">Graven</a> <a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">High</a> <a href="/psalms/31-6.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-7.htm">Images</a> <a href="/job/5-2.htm">Jealousy</a> <a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/psalms/77-6.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Places</a> <a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">Provoked</a> <a href="/psalms/78-50.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-22.htm">Zealous</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/79-6.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/106-32.htm">Angered</a> <a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/songs/5-4.htm">Aroused</a> <a href="/psalms/97-7.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/psalms/97-7.htm">Graven</a> <a href="/psalms/78-69.htm">High</a> <a href="/psalms/96-5.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/psalms/97-7.htm">Images</a> <a href="/psalms/79-5.htm">Jealousy</a> <a href="/psalms/82-5.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/psalms/104-25.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/psalms/83-12.htm">Places</a> <a href="/psalms/105-28.htm">Provoked</a> <a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-17.htm">Zealous</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 78</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-9.htm">The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient</a></span><br><span class="reftext">67. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-67.htm">The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/78.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/78.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They enraged Him with their high places</b><br>The term "high places" refers to elevated sites where the Israelites often engaged in worship, sometimes to Yahweh but frequently to foreign gods. These locations were typically on hills or mountains and were associated with pagan rituals. The use of high places was explicitly forbidden in the Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2-4</a>), as worship was to be centralized in the temple in Jerusalem. The Israelites' use of high places indicates a syncretism with Canaanite religious practices, which was a recurring issue throughout their history (<a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a>). This disobedience was a direct affront to God, who had commanded exclusive worship and had provided specific instructions on how and where He was to be worshiped.<p><b>and provoked His jealousy with their idols</b><br>Idolatry was a significant sin in Israel, as it violated the first two commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>). The term "jealousy" here reflects God's zealousness for His people's undivided devotion. In the ancient Near Eastern context, idols were physical representations of deities, and their worship was common among Israel's neighbors. The Israelites' adoption of idol worship was not only a breach of covenant but also a rejection of God's unique identity and sovereignty. This provocation is seen throughout the Old Testament, where God repeatedly calls His people back to faithfulness (<a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Jeremiah 2:11-13</a>). The prophets often likened idolatry to spiritual adultery, emphasizing the relational betrayal involved (Hosea 1-3). This phrase underscores the seriousness of idolatry and the deep offense it caused to God, who desired a pure and exclusive relationship with His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are being addressed in this Psalm. They are the ones who provoked God with their actions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/high_places.htm">High Places</a></b><br>Elevated sites where the Israelites engaged in idol worship, contrary to God's commands.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a></b><br>Objects of worship that the Israelites turned to, which aroused God's jealousy.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure who is provoked and whose jealousy is aroused by the Israelites' idolatry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/psalmist.htm">Psalmist (Asaph)</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">Psalm 78</a>, who recounts the history and failures of Israel to instruct future generations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can include anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must examine our hearts for modern-day idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_jealousy.htm">God's Jealousy</a></b><br>God's jealousy is a righteous desire for His people to remain faithful. Understanding this helps us appreciate His love and commitment to us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_lessons.htm">Historical Lessons</a></b><br>The history of Israel serves as a warning. We should learn from their mistakes and strive to remain faithful to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commands is crucial. We must prioritize His instructions over cultural or personal preferences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>When we recognize idolatry in our lives, repentance is necessary. God is faithful to restore us when we turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_78.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 78</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_high_places_in_the_bible.htm">What are high places in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_8_align_with_science.htm">Hebrews 2:7-8 quotes Psalm 8 about mankind's dominion--how does this align with modern scientific understanding of humanity's place in the universe?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_commend_phinehas_for_killing.htm">Numbers 25:6-8: Why does God commend Phinehas for killing an Israelite man and a Midianite woman, raising moral questions about vigilante violence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_12_1-2_reflect_israel's_history.htm">Does the contrast in Psalm 12:1-2 between a faithful few and a deceitful majority align with historical evidence of Israel's religious practices at the time?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/78.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 58.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For they provoked him to anger with their high places.</span> The "high place" worship was always displeasing to God. It was, no doubt, deeply tinged with idolatry. <span class="cmt_word">And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.</span> In the time of the Judges, both graven and molten images were employed by the Israelites in a worship which they nevertheless regarded as the worship of Jehovah (see the history of Micah in <a href="/judges/17.htm">Judges 17</a>. and 18, especially <a href="/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4, 13</a>, and <a href="/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14, 17, 18, 31</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/78-58.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They enraged Him</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּכְעִיס֥וּהוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaḵ·‘î·sū·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3707.htm">Strong's 3707: </a> </span><span class="str2">To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with their high places</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבָמוֹתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇā·mō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and provoked His jealousy</span><br /><span class="heb">יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yaq·nî·’ū·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7065.htm">Strong's 7065: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, zealous, jealous, envious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with their idols.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝בִפְסִילֵיהֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇip̄·sî·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6456.htm">Strong's 6456: </a> </span><span class="str2">An idol, image</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/78-58.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 78:58 For they provoked him to anger (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/78-57.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 78:57"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:57" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/78-59.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 78:59"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:59" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>