Psalm 78:56-64

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But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep His decrees.^(A)

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They treacherously turned away like their fathers;
they became warped like a faulty bow.^(B)

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They enraged Him with their high places
and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.^(C)

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God heard and became furious;
He completely rejected Israel.^(D)

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He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
the tent where He resided among men.^(a)^(E)

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He gave up His strength^(b) to captivity
and His splendor to the hand of a foe.^(F)

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He surrendered His people to the sword
because He was enraged with His heritage.^(G)

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Fire consumed His chosen young men,
and His young women had no wedding songs.^(c)^(H)

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His priests fell by the sword,
but the^(d) widows could not lament.^(e)^(I)

a. Psalm 78:60: Hb adam

b. Psalm 78:61: the ark of the covenant

c. Psalm 78:63: Lit virgins were not praised

d. Psalm 78:64: Lit His

e. Psalm 78:64: War probably prevented customary funerals.

A. Psalm 78:56: Judges 2:11-13

B. Psalm 78:57: Ezekiel 20:27-28

C. Psalm 78:58: Judges 2:12; Ezekiel 20:28

D. Psalm 78:59: Deuteronomy 32:19; Psalm 106:40; Amos 6:8

E. Psalm 78:60: Jeremiah 7:12; Jeremiah 7:14; Jeremiah 26:6

F. Psalm 78:61: 1 Samuel 4:17

G. Psalm 78:62: Judges 20:21

H. Psalm 78:63: Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9

I. Psalm 78:64: Job 27:15; Ezekiel 24:23