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 rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock. 49His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster. He 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. 52Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

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 against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.
• Ezekiel 5:11“Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare you.
• Ezekiel 7:4My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the Lord!
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
• Ezekiel 9:10But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.”
• Romans 8:32Indeed, he 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 who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,
• Exodus 9:3then the hand of the Lord will surely bring a very terrible plague on your livestock in the field, on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the 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