Psalms 78:50

Psalms 78:50 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
• New International Version (NIV)He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague,

Context of Psalms 78:50

48He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. 49He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels. He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. 51He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham. 52He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

Psalms 78:50 word by word

יְפַלֵּ֥ס נָתִ֗יב לְאַ֫פּ֥וֹ לֹא־חָשַׂ֣ךְ מִמָּ֣וֶת נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם לַדֶּ֥בֶר הִסְגִּֽיר׃Read the interlinear

• He clearedפָּלַסpâlas · weighH6424
• a pathנָתִיבnâthîyb nethîybâh nethibâh · pathH5410
• for His angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• He did notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• spareחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820
• themנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• from deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• but deliveredסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• their livesחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• to the plagueדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698

Cross-references for Psalms 78:50

• Job 27:22It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
• Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
• Ezekiel 7:4I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
• Ezekiel 9:10But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
• Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
• 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
• Exodus 9:3then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

Commentaries on Psalms 78:50

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 50He made a way to his anger - Margin, he weighed a path. He leveled a path for it; he took away all hindrance to it; he allowed it to have free scope. The idea of weighing is not in the original. The allusion is to a preparation made by which one can march along freely, and without any obstruction. See the notes at Isaiah 40:3-4. He spared not their soul from death - He spared not their lives. That is, he gave them over to death. But gave their life over…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-55Verses 40-55 Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth like sheep; and guided…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-55The Israelites rebelled even though the Lord had rescued them from powerful plagues.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 50-5150-51. made a way--removed obstacles, gave it full scope.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 78:50

• Anger
• Death
• Egyptians
• God Continued...
• Murrain (a Disease of Livestock)
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Compassion
• Consume
• Gush
• Limit
• Psalms
• Dark Sayings
• Death
• God
• Hezekiah (2)

Commentaries on Psalms 78

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings