Psalm 78:43-53

43 No recordaron las señales milagrosas que hizo en Egipto
ni sus maravillas en la llanura de Zoán.

44 Pues él convirtió los ríos en sangre,
para que nadie pudiera beber de los arroyos.

45 Envió grandes enjambres de moscas para que los consumieran
y miles de ranas para que los arruinaran.

46 Les dio sus cultivos a las orugas;
las langostas consumieron sus cosechas.

47 Destruyó sus vides con granizo
y destrozó sus higueras con aguanieve.

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.

53 Los protegió para que no tuvieran temor,
en cambio, sus enemigos quedaron cubiertos por el mar.

Psalm 78:43-53 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.