Psalms 78 · Verse 59

Psalms 78:59

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Psalms 78:59, King James Version

Psalms 78:59 in other translations

BSBOn hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
WEBWhen God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
ASVWhen God heard this, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
YLTGod hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
DARBYGod heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
BBEWhen this came to God's ears he was very angry, and gave up Israel completely;
WebsterWhen God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

What does Psalms 78:59 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 78:59-60
59-60. heard--perceived (Ge 11:7). abhorred--but not utterly.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:56-72

After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's holiness, and exposed to his justice. Those whom the Lord forsakes become an easy prey to the destroyer. And sooner or later, God will disgrace his enemies. He set a good government over his people; a monarch after his own…

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Psalms 78:59 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שָׁמַ֣עsha.Ma'he heardH8085
אֱ֭לֹהִים'E.lo.HimGodH430
וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֑רvai.yit.'a.Barand he was furiousH5674
וַיִּמְאַ֥סvai.yim.'Asand he rejectedH3988
מְ֝אֹ֗דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃be.Yis.ra.'El<in> IsraelH3478

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Cross references for Psalms 78:59

  • Psalms 106:40

    Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

  • Lamentations 2:7

    The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

  • Deuteronomy 32:19

    And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

  • Leviticus 26:44

    And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.

  • Psalms 11:4

    The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

  • Leviticus 20:23

    And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

  • Genesis 18:20-21

    And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

  • Psalms 14:2-5

    The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord. There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

  • Zechariah 11:8

    Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
11:4; 14:2-5; Ge 18:20,21
greatly.
106:40; Le 20:23; 26:44; La 2:7; Zec 11:8

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Context

  • Psalms 78:58

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

  • Psalms 78:59

    When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

  • Psalms 78:60

    So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

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Psalms 78:59 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Oyólo Dios, y enojóse, y en gran manera aborreció á Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Dieu l’entendit, et se mit en grande colère, et il méprisa fort Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gott hörte es und ergrimmte, und er verachtete Israel sehr.