Psalms 78:50

He cleared a path for his anger, did not spare them from death, but gave them over to pestilence.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

49He let loose his hot anger among them, fury and wrath and distress, a band of destroying angels.

51He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the first fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.

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Cross References

2 Peter 2:4Remember, God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them down to Tartarus, and consigned them to caverns of darkness, to be kept under guard for judgment.

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 →

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