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He dispatched against them a band of destroying angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/78.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/78.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels <i>among them</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/78.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction <i>among them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/78.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He sent His burning anger upon them, Fury and indignation and trouble, A band of destroying angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and trouble, A band of destroying angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury, and indignation, and trouble, A band of destroying angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/78.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and distress, A band of destroying angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/78.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He sent upon them His burning anger, His fury and indignation and distress, A band of angels of destruction [among them].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/78.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He sent his burning anger against them: fury, indignation, and calamity — a band of deadly messengers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/78.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He sent His burning anger against them: fury, indignation, and calamity— a band of deadly messengers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/78.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/78.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God was so angry and furious that he went into a rage and caused them great trouble by sending swarms of destroying angels. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/78.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a band of angels of evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/78.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He sent his burning anger, rage, fury, and hostility against them. He sent an army of destroying angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/78.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He caused them great distress by pouring out his anger and fierce rage, which came as messengers of death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/78.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He inflicted his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, sending destroying angels among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/78.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity?a band of destroying angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/78.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/78.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of destroying angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/78.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/78.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/78.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He sends on them the fury of His anger, "" Wrath, and indignation, and distress—A discharge of evil messengers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/78.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress -- A discharge of evil messengers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/78.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He will send upon them the burning of his anger, outpouring and wrath, and straits, sending evil messengers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/78.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he sent upon them the wrath of his indignation: indignation and wrath and trouble, which he sent by evil angels. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/78.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 77:49>And he sent the wrath of his indignation among them: indignation and wrath and tribulation, sent forth by evil angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/78.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He let loose against them the heat of his anger, wrath, fury, and distress, a band of deadly messengers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/78.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He let loose on them his fierce anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/78.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, by the hand of an evil angel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/78.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He sent the heat of his wrath against them; heat, wrath and trouble he sent by the hand of an evil Angel.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/78.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He sent forth upon them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A sending of messengers of evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/78.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />He sent out against them the fury of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and affliction, a message by evil angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/78-49.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9788" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">I Will Open My Mouth in Parables</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">48</span>He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. <span class="reftext">49</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: yə·šal·laḥ- (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">He unleashed</a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: ḥă·rō·wn (N-msc) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">His fury</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire."></a> <a href="/hebrew/bām (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">against them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5678.htm" title="5678: ‘eḇ·rāh (N-fs) -- Overflow, arrogance, fury. Feminine of eber; an outburst of passion.">wrath,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2195.htm" title="2195: wā·za·‘am (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Indignation. From za'am; strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. fury.">indignation,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6869.htm" title="6869: wə·ṣā·rāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Tightness, a female rival. Feminine of tsar; tightness; transitively, a female rival.">and calamity—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4917.htm" title="4917: miš·la·ḥaṯ (N-fsc) -- Feminine of mishlowach; a mission, i.e. and favorable) release, or (concretely and unfavorable) an army.">a band</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘îm (Adj-mp) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">of destroying</a> <a href="/hebrew/4397.htm" title="4397: mal·’ă·ḵê (N-mpc) -- A messenger. From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. An angel.">angels.</a> </span><span class="reftext">50</span>He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-23.htm">Exodus 12:23</a></span><br />When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Exodus 12:29</a></span><br />Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/11-4.htm">Exodus 11:4-5</a></span><br />So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt, / and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">Exodus 10:21-23</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.” / So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. / No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-22.htm">Exodus 9:22-26</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.” / So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. / The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/8-24.htm">Exodus 8:24</a></span><br />And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/7-20.htm">Exodus 7:20-21</a></span><br />Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood. / The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-1.htm">Revelation 16:1-21</a></span><br />Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.” / So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. / And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">Revelation 9:1-11</a></span><br />Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss. / The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit. / And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/8-6.htm">Revelation 8:6-13</a></span><br />And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. / Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass. / Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-10.htm">Revelation 16:10-11</a></span><br />And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish / and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-9</a></span><br />and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-28.htm">Hebrews 11:28</a></span><br />By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:10</a></span><br />And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He cast on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.</p><p class="hdg">cast</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/11-6.htm">Psalm 11:6</a></b></br> Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: <i>this shall be</i> the portion of their cup.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/20-23.htm">Job 20:23</a></b></br> <i>When</i> he is about to fill his belly, <i>God</i> shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain <i>it</i> upon him while he is eating.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Isaiah 42:25</a></b></br> 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 <i>it</i> not to heart.</p><p class="hdg">by sending</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/22-21.htm">1 Kings 22:21,22</a></b></br> And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-12.htm">Job 1:12</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath <i>is</i> in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6,7</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he <i>is</i> in thine hand; but save his life… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/78-25.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/74-2.htm">Band</a> <a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/psalms/78-48.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/74-19.htm">Company</a> <a href="/psalms/52-7.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-29.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-13.htm">Disgust</a> <a href="/psalms/69-29.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/psalms/74-22.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/69-24.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/psalms/76-10.htm">Fierceness</a> <a href="/psalms/78-26.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/psalms/69-24.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/job/33-10.htm">Hostility</a> <a href="/psalms/78-48.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/psalms/69-24.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/psalms/64-4.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/job/33-22.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-20.htm">Mission</a> <a href="/psalms/74-4.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/job/31-27.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/psalms/78-33.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/psalms/32-10.htm">Woes</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/91-11.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/psalms/78-50.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/86-14.htm">Band</a> <a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/psalms/79-5.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/78-55.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/86-14.htm">Company</a> <a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-18.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/psalms/89-38.htm">Disgust</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/psalms/81-12.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/85-3.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/psalms/85-3.htm">Fierceness</a> <a href="/psalms/78-52.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/79-6.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/psalms/85-3.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-15.htm">Hostility</a> <a href="/psalms/85-3.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/psalms/85-4.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/psalms/102-20.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/psalms/91-11.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-15.htm">Mission</a> <a href="/psalms/80-11.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-23.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-9.htm">Woes</a> <a href="/psalms/78-50.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 78</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-9.htm">The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient</a></span><br><span class="reftext">67. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-67.htm">The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/78.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/78.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He unleashed His fury against them</b><br>This phrase indicates a divine response to persistent disobedience and rebellion. In the context of <a href="/psalms/78.htm">Psalm 78</a>, the Israelites repeatedly turned away from God despite witnessing His miracles. The "fury" here is a manifestation of God's righteous anger, which is consistent with His character as a just and holy God. This concept is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as in the plagues of Egypt (Exodus 7-12), where God's fury was similarly unleashed against Pharaoh and the Egyptians for their oppression of His people.<p><b>wrath, indignation, and calamity</b><br>These terms collectively describe the intensity and multifaceted nature of God's judgment. "Wrath" refers to God's intense anger, "indignation" suggests a moral outrage, and "calamity" indicates the resulting destruction or disaster. This triad emphasizes the seriousness of God's response to sin. In the broader biblical narrative, such expressions of divine judgment serve as warnings to turn back to God, as seen in the prophetic books like Isaiah and Jeremiah, where similar language is used to call Israel to repentance.<p><b>a band of destroying angels</b><br>This phrase introduces the concept of divine agents executing God's judgment. The "destroying angels" are often associated with the execution of God's will, as seen in the Passover narrative (<a href="/exodus/12-23.htm">Exodus 12:23</a>), where the angel of death passed over Egypt. In the New Testament, angels are also depicted as agents of God's judgment and protection (<a href="/matthew/13-41.htm">Matthew 13:41-42</a>, <a href="/revelation/7.htm">Revelation 7:1-3</a>). This imagery underscores the seriousness of divine judgment and the reality of spiritual beings involved in God's plans. Theologically, it points to the sovereignty of God over all creation, including the spiritual realm.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, God is depicted as the one who unleashes His fury. This reflects His role as a just and righteous judge.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_egyptians.htm">The Egyptians</a></b><br>The recipients of God's wrath in the context of <a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">Psalm 78</a>, which recounts the plagues and judgments God sent upon Egypt to deliver the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/destroying_angels.htm">Destroying Angels</a></b><br>These are the agents of God's wrath, sent to execute His judgment. The term "destroying angels" indicates divine messengers tasked with carrying out God's will.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were being delivered from Egyptian bondage, highlighting God's protective and redemptive actions on their behalf.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved and from which God delivered them through a series of miraculous events, including the plagues.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's wrath is a response to sin and rebellion. It is important to understand that His judgments are always just and righteous.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_angels.htm">The Role of Angels</a></b><br>Angels are powerful beings used by God to accomplish His purposes. They serve as instruments of His will, both in judgment and in protection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/deliverance_and_protection.htm">Deliverance and Protection</a></b><br>Just as God delivered the Israelites from Egypt, He delivers us from sin and its consequences through Jesus Christ. We can trust in His protection and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>The plagues and judgments remind us of the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance. We must not take God's grace for granted.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God is sovereign over all creation, including the spiritual realm. His plans and purposes will be accomplished, and His authority is absolute.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_78.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 78</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_imprecatory_psalms.htm">What are Imprecatory Psalms?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_threaten_destruction,_not_mercy.htm">Why would God threaten complete destruction (Jeremiah 21:5-6) instead of offering a path to repentance, seeming to contradict earlier scriptures that highlight mercy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_king_ahasuerus_leave_in_anger.htm">Esther 7:7 - Why would King Ahasuerus suddenly abandon the feast in anger without prior indications of Haman's treachery in earlier records of Persian court life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_amos_9_13's_prophecy_literal_or_symbolic.htm">Amos 9:13 - Is the prophecy of the plowman overtaking the reaper a literal farming impossibility, and does it conflict with more realistic agricultural references elsewhere in scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/78.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(49) <span class= "bld">Evil angels.</span>--So LXX. and Vulg., but in the Hebrew <span class= "ital">angels </span>(or <span class= "ital">messengers</span>)<span class= "ital"> of ills </span>(so Symmachus), with evident reference to the destruction of the firstborn.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/78.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 49.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble.</span> "The accumulation of terms signifying Divine wrath is designed to set forth the dreadful nature of this last judgment" (Hengstenberg) - the death of the firstborn. <span class="cmt_word">By sending evil angels among them.</span> Most modern critics regard this clause as in apposition with the preceding one, and consider the "wrath, indignation, and trouble" to be themselves the "evil angels" spoken cf. Some, however, as Hengstenberg and Kay, interpret the passage of spiritual beings - not, however, of spirits of evil, who are never said to be ministers of God's wrath, but of good angels, who on this occasion were "ministers of woe." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/78-49.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He unleashed</span><br /><span class="heb">יְשַׁלַּח־</span> <span class="translit">(yə·šal·laḥ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His fury</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲר֬וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burning of anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against them,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַפּ֗וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ap·pōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wrath,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶבְרָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘eḇ·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5678.htm">Strong's 5678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Overflow, arrogance, fury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">indignation,</span><br /><span class="heb">וָזַ֣עַם</span> <span class="translit">(wā·za·‘am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2195.htm">Strong's 2195: </a> </span><span class="str2">Froth at the mouth, fury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and calamity—</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצָרָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6869.htm">Strong's 6869: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tightness, a female rival</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a band</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֝שְׁלַ֗חַת</span> <span class="translit">(miš·la·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4917.htm">Strong's 4917: </a> </span><span class="str2">A discharge, deputation, sending</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of destroying</span><br /><span class="heb">רָעִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(rā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">angels.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְאֲכֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mal·’ă·ḵê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4397.htm">Strong's 4397: </a> </span><span class="str2">A messenger, of God, an angel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 78:49 He threw on them the fierceness (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/78-48.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 78:48"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:48" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/78-50.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 78:50"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:50" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>