Psalms 78:49

78:49 His raging anger lashed out against them, ¹ 

He sent fury, rage, and trouble

as messengers who bring disaster. ² 

Psalms 103:20

103:20 Praise the Lord, you angels of his,

you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees

and obey his orders! ³ 

[78:49]  ¹ tn Heb “he sent against them the rage of his anger.” The phrase “rage of his anger” employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the single idea. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17-81.

[78:49]  ² tn Heb “fury and indignation and trouble, a sending of messengers of disaster.”

[103:20]  ³ tn Heb “[you] mighty ones of strength, doers of his word, by listening to the voice of his word.”