Psalm 78:50

50 Se enfureció contra ellos;
no perdonó la vida de los egipcios,
sino que los devastó con plagas.

Psalm 78:50 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:50

He made a way to his anger
Or, "for" it, so that nothing could obstruct it, or hinder the execution of it; or "he weighed a path for his anger" ^F13; he weighed it in the balance of justice, and proportioned his anger to their crimes, and punished them according to their just deserts:

he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the
pestilence;
which some understand of their cattle, and of the murrain that came upon them, by which they were destroyed, and which was the fifth plague of Egypt, ( Exodus 9:3 ) , so the Targum,

``their beasts he delivered unto death;''

but Aben Ezra interprets it of the slaughter of the firstborn, expressed in the following verse; and so others.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (wpal bytn olpy) "ponderavit semitam furori suo", Pagninus, Vatablus; "libravit semitam irae suae", Tigurine version; "iter ad iram suam", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Psalm 78:50 In-Context

48 Dejó su ganado a merced del granizo,
sus animales, abandonados a los rayos.

49 Desató sobre ellos su ira feroz,
toda su furia, su enojo y hostilidad.
Envió contra ellos
a un grupo de ángeles destructores.

50 Se enfureció contra ellos;
no perdonó la vida de los egipcios,
sino que los devastó con plagas.

51 Mató al hijo mayor de cada familia egipcia,
la flor de la juventud en toda la tierra de Egipto.

52 Pero guió a su propio pueblo como a un rebaño de ovejas,
los condujo a salvo a través del desierto.