Psalm 78:31

31 la ira de Dios se alzó contra ellos y mató a algunos de los más robustos, y subyugó a los escogidos de Israel.

Psalm 78:31 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:31

The wrath of God came upon them
Either by causing fire to come down from heaven, or by suffering them to be surfeited by excessive eating, or by sending a plague among them; see ( Numbers 11:33 ) ,

and slew the fattest of them;
such perhaps who had been most guilty of the sin of gluttony, and had fed the most inordinately upon the flesh that was sent them; or this designs the chief among their princes and nobles, though not only them, but them as well as the common people; so the Targum,

``and slew their mighty ones:''

or the words may be rendered, "and slew them among their fatness", or "fat things" ^F15; while they were feeding on their feast of fat things, the fat quails, which were brought among them, in such plenty; for the quail is a very fat bird, as Kimchi observes ^F16:

and smote down the chosen men of Israel;
or the young men, as the Targum, who were within the twentieth and fiftieth year of their age; who were chosen and fit for war within that time, as well as were the choicest for comeliness, strength, and service; or "made" them "to bow" ^F17 to death and the grave; whose power they could not withstand, though in the prime and vigour of youth, and while they were freely and heartily feeding upon the food they lusted after.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (Mhynmvb) "in opimis ipsorum", Cocceius; "inter pinguedines eorum", Michaelis.
F16 In Sepher Shorashim, rad. (wlv) .
F17 (eyrkh) "incurvavit", Pagninus, Montanus.

Psalm 78:31 In-Context

29 Comieron y quedaron bien saciados, y les concedió su deseo.

30 Antes de que hubieran satisfecho su deseo, mientras la comida aún estaba en su boca,

31 la ira de Dios se alzó contra ellos y mató a algunos de los más robustos, y subyugó a los escogidos de Israel.

32 A pesar de todo esto, todavía pecaron y no creyeron en sus maravillas.

33 El, pues, hizo terminar sus días en vanidad, y sus años en terror súbito.