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 sent hail to kill their cows. He sent lightning to kill their other animals. 49He was so angry with them, that he sent terrible things to punish them. Great trouble came to them, like an army of his angels that bring death. Nothing could stop his anger. He did not save them from death. He let bad disease kill them. 51He killed all the firstborn sons in Egypt. The strongest men of Ham's descendants died. 52But God led his own people safely out of Egypt. But took them through the wilderness, like a shepherd leads his sheep.

Psalms 78:50 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• He madeפָּלַסpâlas · weighH6424
• a wayנָתִיבnâthîyb nethîybâh nethibâh · pathH5410
• to his angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• he sparedחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820
• not their soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• from deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• but gaveסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• their lifeחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• to the pestilenceדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698

Cross-references for Psalms 78:50

• Job 27:22It is a strong wind that hits wicked people and it never stops. It continues to beat them as they try to escape.
• Ezekiel 5:11The Almighty Lord says this: I promise you as surely as I live that I will remove you. You have made my holy place unclean. You have put your disgusting idols in my house. You have done wicked things there. Because of that I will not be sorry for you. I will not save you.
• Ezekiel 7:4I will not be sorry for you. I will not be kind to you. I will punish you as you deserve. You have done disgusting things. So I will punish you and you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 8:18So now I will punish them in my great anger. I will not be sorry for them. I will not be kind to them. They may shout at me for help, but I will not listen to them.’
• Ezekiel 9:10So I will not be sorry for them. I will not be kind to them. Now I will punish them as they deserve for the things that they have done.’
• Romans 8:32God did not even keep his own Son safe. Instead, he gave his Son to die on behalf of all of us. So certainly, God will continue to be kind to us. As well as his Son, he will give to us all things that we need.
• 2 Peter 2:4God even punished the angels who refused to obey him. He threw them down into the deep hole of hell. He tied them up and he kept them in that completely dark place. They will remain there until the day when God will judge them.
• Exodus 9:3the Lord will punish you. He will send a very bad illness on all your animals. Your animals in the fields, your horses, donkeys, camels, cows, sheep and goats will all become very ill.

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