Salmos 78:49-59

49 Envió sobre ellos el furor de su saña; ira, enojo, angustia, y ángeles malos

50 Dispuso el camino a su furor; no eximió el alma de ellos de la muerte, sino que entregó su vida a la mortandad

51 E hirió a todo primogénito en Egipto, las primicias de las fuerzas en las tiendas de Cam

52 Hizo salir a su pueblo como ovejas, y los llevó por el desierto, como un rebaño

53 Y los pastoreó con seguridad, que no tuvieron miedo; y el mar cubrió a sus enemigos

54 Los metió después en los términos de su santidad, en este monte que ganó su mano derecha

55 Y echó los gentiles de delante de ellos, y les repartió una herencia con cuerdas; e hizo habitar en sus moradas a las tribus de Israel

56 Mas tentaron y enojaron al Dios Altísimo, y no guardaron sus testimonios

57 sino que se volvieron, y se rebelaron como sus padres; se volvieron como arco engañoso

58 Y le enojaron con sus lugares altos, y le provocaron a celo con sus esculturas

59 Lo oyó Dios, y se enojó, y en gran manera aborreció a Israel

Salmos 78:49-59 Meaning and Commentary

Maschil of Asaph. Or for "Asaph" {f}; a doctrinal and "instructive" psalm, as the word "Maschil" signifies; see Psalm 32:1, which was delivered to Asaph to be sung; the Targum is, "the understanding of the Holy Spirit by the hands of Asaph." Some think David was the penman of it; but from the latter part of it, in which mention is made of him, and of his government of the people of Israel, it looks as if it was wrote by another, and after his death, though not long after, since the account is carried on no further than his times; and therefore it is probable enough it was written by Asaph, the chief singer, that lived in that age: whoever was the penman of it, it is certain he was a prophet, and so was Asaph, who is called a seer, the same with a prophet, and who is said to prophesy, 2 Chronicles 29:30 and also that he represented Christ; for that the Messiah is the person that is introduced speaking in this psalm is clear from Matthew 13:34 and the whole may be considered as a discourse of his to the Jews of his time; giving them an history of the Israelites from their first coming out of Egypt to the times of David, and in it an account of the various benefits bestowed upon them, of their great ingratitude, and of the divine resentment; the design of which is to admonish and caution them against committing the like sins, lest they should be rejected of God, as their fathers were, and perish: some Jewish writers, as Arama observes, interpret this psalm of the children of Ephraim going out of Egypt before the time appointed.