Psalm 78:18-28

18 Y tentaron a Dios en su corazón, pidiendo comida al gusto de su alma.

19 Y hablaron contra Dios, diciendo: ¿Podrá Dios ponernos mesa en el desierto?

20 He aquí ha herido la peña, y corrieron aguas, y arroyos salieron ondeando: ¿Podrá también dar pan? ¿Aparejará carne a su pueblo?

21 Por tanto oyó el SEÑOR, y se enojó; se encendió el fuego contra Jacob, y el furor subió también contra Israel;

22 por cuanto no habían creído a Dios, ni habían confiado de su salud.

23 Y mandó a las nubes de arriba, y abrió las puertas de los cielos,

24 e hizo llover sobre ellos maná para comer, y les dio trigo de los cielos.

25 Pan de fuertes comió el hombre; les envió comida en abundancia.

26 Movió el solano en el cielo, y trajo con su fortaleza el austro,

27 e hizo llover sobre ellos carne como polvo, y aves de alas como arena del mar.

28 Y las hizo caer en medio de su campamento, alrededor de sus tiendas.

Psalm 78:18-28 Meaning and Commentary

Maschil of Asaph. Or for "Asaph" {f}; a doctrinal and "instructive" psalm, as the word "Maschil" signifies; see Psalm 32:1, which was delivered to Asaph to be sung; the Targum is, "the understanding of the Holy Spirit by the hands of Asaph." Some think David was the penman of it; but from the latter part of it, in which mention is made of him, and of his government of the people of Israel, it looks as if it was wrote by another, and after his death, though not long after, since the account is carried on no further than his times; and therefore it is probable enough it was written by Asaph, the chief singer, that lived in that age: whoever was the penman of it, it is certain he was a prophet, and so was Asaph, who is called a seer, the same with a prophet, and who is said to prophesy, 2 Chronicles 29:30 and also that he represented Christ; for that the Messiah is the person that is introduced speaking in this psalm is clear from Matthew 13:34 and the whole may be considered as a discourse of his to the Jews of his time; giving them an history of the Israelites from their first coming out of Egypt to the times of David, and in it an account of the various benefits bestowed upon them, of their great ingratitude, and of the divine resentment; the design of which is to admonish and caution them against committing the like sins, lest they should be rejected of God, as their fathers were, and perish: some Jewish writers, as Arama observes, interpret this psalm of the children of Ephraim going out of Egypt before the time appointed.