Psalms 105:34

34 He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm -- innumerable,

Psalms 105:34 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 105:34

He spake, and the locusts came
A great army of them, and covered the land, that it was even darkened by them; and were such as had never been seen before, or ever were since; this is the eighth plague, ( Exodus 10:12-14 ) , with these compare the locusts in ( Revelation 9:3 Revelation 9:4 ) .

And caterpillars, and that without number;
of these no mention is made in Exodus; they seem to be one of the kinds of locusts, or a different word is here used for the same, and so Kimchi interprets it; some render it the white locust; it has its name from licking up the herbs and grass of the field; as the other name for the locust seems to be taken from its great abundance and increase.

Psalms 105:34 In-Context

32 He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.

33 And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border.

34 He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm -- innumerable,

35 And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground.

36 And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,