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Psalm 78:45

He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

43how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
45He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
47He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
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Flies and frogs become agents of destruction in Egypt, confronting you with the severity of the judgment the psalm attributes to God.

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Exodus 8:6Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.Both recall the plague of frogs in Egypt; Exodus describes their arrival, while the psalm names their destructive effect.
Exodus 8:24The LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses. In all the land of Egypt the land was …Both describe destructive swarms of flies sent by God into Egypt.
Exodus 8:21–24Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses. The houses …Exodus records God's warning that he will send flies, while the psalm recalls the destruction those swarms caused.
Revelation 16:13I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something …The shared detail is frogs: the psalm describes a plague, while Revelation uses their likeness to describe unclean spirits.
Exodus 8:2If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs.Exodus announces a threatened plague of frogs, while the psalm remembers frogs among God's destructive acts in Egypt.
Psalm 105:30–31Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.Both psalms recall Egypt's plague of frogs, with Psalm 105 noting that they reached even the rooms of kings.
Psalm 105:31He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.Both attribute the coming of swarms of flies to God's action.
Revelation 16:3The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.Both describe devastation involving the natural world, though Revelation names a sea turned to blood rather than flies or frogs.
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Encouragement

The destruction in Egypt is hard to read. The psalm records it as God's act, and even flies and frogs serve his authority.

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