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56 But they tested and rebelled against God Most High,
    his decrees they did not observe.
57 They turned disloyal, faithless like their ancestors;
    they proved false like a slack bow.
58 They enraged him with their high places,
    and with their idols provoked him[a] to jealous anger.(A)

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  1. 78:58 Provoked him: lit., “made him jealous.”

56 But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors(A) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.(B)
58 They angered him(C) with their high places;(D)
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(E)

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56 (A)Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But (B)turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were turned aside (C)like a deceitful bow.
58 (D)For they provoked Him to anger with their (E)high places,
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.

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56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

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

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

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