Psalms 78:62
His own people he gave up to the sword, And was wroth with his own inheritance.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
In Context
61And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the hand of the enemy.
63Fire consumed their young men, And their maidens did not bewail them.
Cross References
Isaiah 64:9Be not wroth, O Jehovah, to the uttermost, Nor remember our iniquity forever! Behold, look upon us, we beseech thee, we are all thy people!
Jeremiah 12:13They sow wheat, but they reap thorns; They weary themselves, and are not profited; They shall be ashamed of their harvest, Because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →