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Psalm 78:58-60
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 78:58-60
New Catholic Bible
58 They angered him with their high places[a]
and made him jealous with their idols.
59 When God saw this, he became enraged
and rejected Israel totally.[b]
60 He forsook his dwelling in Shiloh,[c]
the tent where he dwelt among mortals.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:58 High places: the Canaanites were accustomed to building altars to their gods on hills (high places), a custom followed by the Israelites who built altars to Yahweh on hills. However, this led to the adoption of pagan practices and idols by God’s people. Jealous: see Ex 20:5 (“I . . . am . . . a jealous God.”).
- Psalm 78:59 The psalmist is not speaking here of a permanent abandonment of Israel by God.
- Psalm 78:60 Shiloh: a shrine located in Ephraim (see Jdg 21:19) that was the center of Israelite worship from the time of Joshua (see Jos 18:1, 8; 21:1f; Jdg 18:31; 1 Sam 1:3; Jer 7:12; 26:6). It was destroyed by the Philistines when the Ark of the Covenant was captured (see 1 Sam 4:1-11).
