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Psalms 78:49

Western Saints

Hippolytus of Rome

"He discharged upon them the wrath of His anger;-anger, and wrath, and tribulation, a visitation by evil angels." Under anger, wrath, and tribulation, he intended bitter punishments; for God is without passion. And by anger you will understand the lesser penalties, and by wrath the greater, and by tribulation the greatest. …

Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture - On Psalm LXXVII. Or LXXVIII. ↗