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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He loosed on them his fierce anger— all his fury, rage, and hostility. He dispatched against them a band of destroying angels.

Context of Psalms 78:49

47He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet. 48He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning. He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility— a band of destroying angels. 50He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague. 51He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood 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 11:6On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.
• Job 20:23When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows on him.
• Isaiah 42:25So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
• Lamentations 4:11The Lord has given full vent to his wrath; he has poured out his fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations.
• Zephaniah 3:8Therefore wait for me,” declares the Lord, “for the day I will stand up to testify. I have decided to assemble the nations, to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them— all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger.
• Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
• 1 Kings 22:21Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’
• Job 1:12The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
• Job 2:6The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare 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