Psalms 78:16

16 He brought streams out of the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

Psalms 78:16 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:16

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 not smitten when they lusted after flesh, and murmured against God, and tempted him, as is after related:

and caused waters to run down like rivers;
from the descent of the rock, which followed them all the way in the wilderness; this was a most marvellous thing, that water should flow from a flinty rock upon striking it, from whence fire rather than water might have been expected; and that it should flow in such great abundance, and that from a rock in a wilderness.

Psalms 78:16 In-Context

14 He led them with a cloud by day and with a fiery light throughout the night.
15 He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.
16 He brought streams out of the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
18 They deliberately tested God, demanding the food they craved.
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