Psalms 78:49-59

49He loosed on them his fierce anger— all his fury, rage, and hostility. He dispatched against them a band of destroying angels.

50He turned his anger against them; he did not spare the Egyptians’ lives but ravaged them with the plague.

51He killed the oldest son in each Egyptian family, the flower of youth throughout the land of Egypt.

52But he led his own people like a flock of sheep, guiding them safely through the wilderness.

53He kept them safe so they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies.

54He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this land of hills he had won for them.

55He drove out the nations before them; he gave them their inheritance by lot. He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.

56But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High. They did not obey his laws.

57They turned back and were as faithless as their parents. They were as undependable as a crooked bow.

58They angered God by building shrines to other gods; they made him jealous with their idols.

59When God heard them, he was very angry, and he completely rejected Israel.