Psalm 78:48-50
New English Translation
48 He rained hail down on their cattle,[a]
and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.[b]
49 His raging anger lashed out against them.[c]
He sent fury, rage, and trouble
as messengers who bring disaster.[d]
50 He sent his anger in full force.[e]
He did not spare them from death;
he handed their lives over to destruction.[f]
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:48 tn Heb “and he turned over to the hail their cattle.”
- Psalm 78:48 tn Heb “and their livestock to the flames.” “Flames” here refer to the lightning bolts that accompanied the storm.
- Psalm 78:49 tn Heb “he sent against them the rage of his anger.” The phrase “rage of his anger” employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the single idea. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17-81.
- Psalm 78:49 tn Heb “fury and indignation and trouble, a sending of messengers of disaster.”
- Psalm 78:50 tn Heb “he leveled a path for his anger.” There were no obstacles to impede its progress; it moved swiftly and destructively.
- Psalm 78:50 tn Or perhaps “[the] plague.”
Psalm 78:48-50
New International Version
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock(A) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(B)
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.(C)
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague.
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