“He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;”
The plague of firstborn is approached: "He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague." The universal death toll represented by the plague of the firstborn is described in terms of God's deliberate routing of anger through death.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:50
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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