Psalm 78:46

Modern

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.

Traditional

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

Literal

And He gave to the ravager their produce, and their labor to the locust.

Latin

…et dedit ærugini fructus eorum, et labores eorum locustæ;

Hebrew

English

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.

The Israelites rebelled even though the Lord had rescued them from powerful plagues.

This wisdom psalm urges people to learn wisdom and share it faithfully.

Theme notes and profiles

Exodus 10:12–15
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”
Psalm 105:34–35
He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
Joel 2:25
I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.
Revelation 9:2–11
The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
Amos 7:1–2
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
Joel 1:4–7
What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.