“He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.”
The scope of judgment is universalized: "He let loose on them his fierce anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels." The poetic enumeration of divine anger—wrath, indignation, distress—suggests an overwhelming force. The phrase "destroying angels" introduces supernatural agents of judgment; the plague becomes a theological event, not merely a natural disaster.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:49
1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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