Psalms 78:49

Psalms 78:49 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
• New International Version (NIV)He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility— a band of destroying angels.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them.

Context of Psalms 78:49

47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain. 48He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock. His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster. 50He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction. 51He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

Psalms 78:49 word by word

יְשַׁלַּח־בָּ֨ם׀ חֲר֬וֹן אַפּ֗וֹ עֶבְרָ֣ה וָזַ֣עַם וְצָרָ֑ה מִ֝שְׁלַ֗חַת מַלְאֲכֵ֥י רָעִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He castשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• upon them the fiercenessחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• of his angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• and indignationזַ֫עַםza‛am · indignationH2195
• and troubleצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• by sendingמִשְׁלַ֫חַתmishlachath · deputationH4917
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• angelsמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397

Cross-references for Psalms 78:49

• Psalms 11:6May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
• Job 20:23“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.
• Isaiah 42:25So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice.
• Lamentations 4:11The Lord fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations. ל (Lamed)
• Zephaniah 3:8Therefore you must wait patiently for me,” says the Lord, “for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them – all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.
• Romans 2:8but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.
• 1 Kings 22:21Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’
• Job 1:12So the Lord said to Satan, “All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
• Job 2:6So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”

Commentaries on Psalms 78:49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 49By sending evil angels - This is the first mention we have of evil angels. There is no mention of them in the account we have of the plagues of Egypt in the Book of Exodus, and what they were we cannot tell: but by what the psalmist says here of their operations, they were the sorest plague that God had sent; they were marks or the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble. Some think the destroying angel that slew all the first-born is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger … - This verse is designed to describe the last, and the most dreadful of the plagues that came upon the Egyptians, the slaying of their first-born; and hence, there is such an accumulation of expressions: anger - fierce anger - wrath - indignation - trouble. All these expressions are designed to be emphatic; all these things were combined when the first-born were slain. There was no form of affliction that…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. 4949. evil angels--or, "angels of evil"--many were perhaps employed, and other evils inflicted.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 78:49

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Anger
• Egyptians
• God Continued...
• Wicked (People)

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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