Psalm 78:57

Translations

Modern

They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

Traditional

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

Literal

And they turned back and were treacherous like their fathers; they were turned like a bow of deceit.

Latin

Et averterunt se, et non servaverunt pactum: quemadmodum patres eorum, conversi sunt in arcum pravum.

Original

Hebrew

English

They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

Notes

Psalms 78:56–64

Israel’s rebellion defiled the promised land. During the time of the judges, the people built shrines to false gods and worshiped idols (Psalm 78:58; see also Judges 2:11; 3:7, 17–18).

Psalms 78:1–72

This wisdom psalm urges people to learn wisdom and share it faithfully.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Anger The Limitations of Law Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Hosea 7:16
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 20:27–28
Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.
Judges 3:5–7
Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Psalm 78:8
Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Psalm 78:41
Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Judges 3:12
Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
Psalm 78:10–37
They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

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