Psalm 78:50

50 Dio rienda suelta a su enojoy no los libró de la muerte,sino que los entregó 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 cuando entregó su ganado al granizo,y sus rebaños a las centellas;

49 cuando lanzó contra ellos el ardor de su ira,de su furor, indignación y hostilidad:¡todo un ejército de ángeles destructores!

50 Dio rienda suelta a su enojoy no los libró de la muerte,sino que los entregó a la plaga.

51 Dio muerte a todos los primogénitos de Egipto,a las primicias de su raza en los campamentos de Cam.

52 A su pueblo lo guió como a un rebaño;los llevó por el desierto, como a ovejas,