“Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:”
Yet Israel again proves faithless: "But they tested the Most High God, and rebelled against him, and did not observe his decrees." Immediately after the gift of the land, the pattern resumes: Israel tests and rebels against God. The cyclical nature of faithfulness and faithlessness appears structural to Israel's relationship with God.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:56
1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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