Psalms 78:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. ”

Psalms 78:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He brought streams also out of the rock ... - literally, “flowings.” The waters were poured out in an over-flowing stream. Those streams continued to flow, thus constituting a continued proof of...
Psalms 78:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical religion of the Samaritans. God, on the contrary,...
Psalms 78:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Psalms 78:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -The unbelief of the Israelite fathers is detailed as a sad contrast to God's marvels perfor...
Psalms 78:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people from the exodus down to the time of David, and dwells...
Psalms 78:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Rock. — Rather, cliff — sela, the word always used of the event that took place at Kadesh ( Numbers 20:8-11 ), as tsûr is of the rock in Horeb. The plural of this latter word in Psalms 78:15...
Psalms 78:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israel, and especially the Exodus and wilderness wander...
Psalms 78:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“A Table in the Wilderness” Psalms 78:13-24 Throughout this wonderful recital there is a perpetual contrast between God's unswerving goodness and the incessant backsliding of His people; and as...
Psalms 78:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is set forth in bold relief. The purpose of the psalm...
Psalms 78:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We need only refer to the history of Israel in the wilderness, to discover to what particular period of the church the prophet in these verses refers. Perhaps, as in several other parts of scripture,...
Psalms 78:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He brought streams also out of the rock ,.... Which is expressed in the singular number, as also in Psalms 78:20 , because the children of Israel were not come to Kadesh, and the second rock was no...
Psalms 78:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. Ver. 16. He brought streams also out of the rock ] Idem enuntiat per Epexegesim, ad miraculi magnitudinem osten...
Psalms 78:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; Judgments Brought on the Israelites. ...
Psalms 78:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which did miraculously follow them in all their travails even to the borders of Canaan. See Deuteronomy 9:21 Psalms 105:41 1 Corinthians 10:4 .
Psalms 78:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the celebrated Asaph in the time of David. Occasion...
Psalms 78:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This story of the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt, is like a looking-glass in which we may, with great sadness, see ourselves reflected. Psalms 78:9 . The children of Ephraim, bei...
Psalms 78:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to which the words were set, as is now the practice...
Psalms 78:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. God in human history I. A people is a community that are most favoured with privileges are oftentimes...
Psalms 78:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period subsequent to the Captivity, is generally allowed...
Psalms 78:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 8:15 ; Deuteronomy 9:21 ; Psalms 105:41
Psalms 78:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Streams — Which miraculously followed them in all their travels, even to the borders of Canaan.

Psalms 78:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 78:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 78:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes