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Psalms 78:50 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 78:50Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 78:5010 words
HebrewMeaning
יְפַלֵּ֥סyəpalēs
he made levelverbH6424
ponder · weigh
נָתִ֗יבnātiyb
a pathnounH5410
travel · way
לְ/אַ֫פּ֥/וֹləʾapwō
for anger hispronH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
חָשַׂ֣ךְḥāśakə
he kept backverbH2820
darken · forbear · hinder · hold back ···
מִ/מָּ֣וֶתmimāwet
from deathpronH4194
death · die
נַפְשָׁ֑/םnapəšām
life theirnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וְ֝/חַיָּתָ֗/םwəḥayātām
and life theirconjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
לַ/דֶּ֥בֶרladeber
to the pestilencepronH1698
pestilence · plague
הִסְגִּֽירhisəgiyr
he delivered upverbH5462
deliver · give over · inclose · pure ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 78 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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