Psalm 78:50

50 Preparó senda para su ira; no eximió sus almas de la muerte, sino que entregó sus vidas a la plaga,

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 Entregó también al granizo sus ganados, y sus rebaños a los rayos.

49 Envió sobre ellos el ardor de su ira, furia, indignación y angustia, un ejército de ángeles destructores.

50 Preparó senda para su ira; no eximió sus almas de la muerte, sino que entregó sus vidas a la plaga,

51 e hirió a todos los primogénitos en Egipto, las primicias de su virilidad en las tiendas de Cam.

52 Mas a su pueblo lo sacó como a ovejas, como a rebaño los condujo en el desierto;