Psalms 78 · Verse 49

Psalms 78:49

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Psalms 78:49, King James Version

Psalms 78:49 in other translations

BSBHe unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels.
WEBHe threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
ASVHe cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.
YLTHe sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress--A discharge of evil messengers.
DARBYHe cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, — a mission of angels of woes.
BBEHe sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.
WebsterHe cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

What does Psalms 78:49 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
49. evil angels--or, "angels of evil"--many were perhaps employed, and other evils inflicted.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 49 By sending evil angels - This is the first mention we have of evil angels. There is no mention of them in the account we have of the plagues of Egypt in the Book of Exodus, and what they were we cannot tell: but by what the psalmist says here of their operations, they were the sorest plague that God had sent; they were marks or the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble. Some think the destroying angel that slew all the first-born is what is here intended; but this is distinctly mentioned in Psa 78:61. An angel or messenger may be either animate or inanimate; a disembodied spirit or human being; any thing or being that is an instrument sent of God for the punishment or support of mankind.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:40-55

Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth…

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Psalms 78:49 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְשַׁלַּח\־ye.sha.lach-he sentH7971
בָּ֨ם\׀bamon them
חֲר֬וֹןcha.Ron[the] burning ofH2740
אַפּ֗וֹ'a.Poanger hisH639
עֶבְרָ֣ה'ev.RahfuryH5678
וָזַ֣עַםva.Za.'amand indignationH2195
וְצָרָ֑הve.tza.Rahand troubleH6869
מִ֝שְׁלַ֗חַתmish.La.chata band ofH4917
מַלְאֲכֵ֥יmal.'a.Kheiangels ofH4397
רָעִֽים\׃ra.'ImcalamitiesH7451

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Cross references for Psalms 78:49

  • Exodus 12:13

    And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

  • Exodus 15:7

    And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

  • Psalms 11:6

    Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

  • Lamentations 4:11

    The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

  • 1 Kings 22:21-22

    And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

  • 2 Samuel 24:16

    And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • Isaiah 42:25

    Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

  • Job 1:12

    And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

  • Job 20:23

    When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

  • Romans 2:8-9

    But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

  • Zephaniah 3:8

    Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

  • Job 2:6-7

    And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

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cast.
11:6; Job 20:23; Isa 42:25; La 4:11; Zep 3:8; Ro 2:8,9
by sending.
1Ki 22:21,22; Job 1:12; 2:6,7

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Context

  • Psalms 78:48

    He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

  • Psalms 78:49

    He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

  • Psalms 78:50

    He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

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Psalms 78:49 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Envió sobre ellos el furor de su saña, ira y enojo y angustia, con misión de malos ángeles.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il envoya sur eux l’ardeur de sa colère, la fureur, et l’indignation, et la détresse, une troupe d’anges de malheur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er ließ gegen sie los seines Zornes Glut, Wut und Grimm und Drangsal, eine Schar von Unglücksengeln.