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 let the hail strike their cattle and bolts of lightning strike their livestock. 49He sent his burning anger, rage, fury, and hostility against them. He sent an army of destroying angels. He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them. He let the plague take their lives. 51He slaughtered every firstborn in Egypt, the ones born in the tents of Ham when their fathers were young. 52But he led his own people out like sheep and guided them like a flock through the wilderness.

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 hurls itself at him without mercy. He flees from its power.
• Ezekiel 5:11“As I live, declares the Almighty Lord, because you have dishonored my holy worship place with all your disgusting and detestable things, I will have you killed. I will not have compassion for you or feel sorry for you.
• Ezekiel 7:4I will not have compassion for you or feel sorry for you. I will pay you back for the way you have lived and for the detestable things you have done. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 8:18So I will take action because I’m angry, and I won’t have compassion for them or feel sorry for them. Even if they shout in my ears, I won’t listen to them.”
• Ezekiel 9:10But I will not have compassion or feel sorry. I will do to them what they have done to others.”
• Romans 8:32God didn’t spare his own Son but handed him over ⌞to death⌟ for all of us. So he will also give us everything along with him.
• 2 Peter 2:4God didn’t spare angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, where he has secured them with chains of darkness and is holding them for judgment.
• Exodus 9:3the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock, including your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats.

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