Tree of Life Version
Psalms 78:49
49He sent on them the fury of His anger —wrath and indignation and trouble— a band of evil angels.
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 trees with frost, 48and gave over their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts. He sent on them the fury of His anger —wrath and indignation and trouble— a band of evil angels. 50He cleared a path for His anger. He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the plague. 51He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 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 down fire, brimstone and scorching wind as the portion of their cup!
- Job 20:23While he is filling his belly, He will send the anger of His wrath against him, and rain it down it on him, on his flesh.
- Isaiah 42:25So He poured out on him the fury of His anger, and the fierceness of battle. it blazed all around him, yet he did not understand it. it burned him, yet he did not take it to heart.
- Lamentations 4:11Adonai has vented His fury. He has poured out His burning anger. Yes, He kindled a fire in Zion that devoured her foundations.
- Zephaniah 3:8Therefore, wait for me, declares Adonai, for the day when I rise up for plunder: for My decision is to assemble nations, to gather kingdoms, to pour out My fury upon them— all My burning anger. For in the fire of My wrath all the earth will be consumed.
- Romans 2:8But to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—wrath and fury.
- 1 Kings 22:21until a certain spirit came forward and stood before Adonai and said, ‘I will entice him.’ So Adonai asked him, ‘How?’
- Job 1:12Then Adonai said to the satan, “Everything he has is in your hand. Only do not extend your hand against him!” So the satan departed from the presence of Adonai.
- Job 2:6Adonai said to the satan, “Very well, he is in your hand—only 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
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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
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