Psalms 78:58

58 For they ¹provoked Him with their ²high places And ³aroused His jealousy with their ⁴graven images.

Psalms 78:58 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:58

For they provoked him to anger with their high places
Which they built to Baal, and other Heathen dieties:

and moved him to jealousy with their graven images;
which they worshipped, see ( Judges 10:6 ) , which idolatry was spiritual adultery, and so made the Lord jealous of them, who stood in the relation of a husband to them, as a man becomes jealous by the unchaste and lascivious conduct of his wife; and such a course of life the Israelites lived, throughout the reigns of the judges, at certain seasons, until the times of Eli and Samuel, when the ark was carried captive, of which mention is made in the following verses.

Psalms 78:58 In-Context

56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,

57 But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.

58 For they provoked Him with their high places And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.

59 When God heard, He was filled with wrath And greatly abhorred Israel;

60 So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, The tent which He had pitched among men,

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 4:25; Judges 2:12; 1 Kings 14:9; Isaiah 65:3
• 2. Leviticus 26:30; 1 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 16:4; Jeremiah 17:3
• 3. Deuteronomy 32:16, 21; 1 Kings 14:22
• 4. Exodus 20:4; Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 4:25