Psalm 78:16

16 Da penha fez sair fontes, e fez correr águas como rios.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 78:16 In-Context

14 Também os guiou de dia por uma nuvem, e a noite toda por um clarão de fogo.

15 Fendeu rochas no deserto, e deu-lhes de beber abundantemente como de grandes abismos.

16 Da penha fez sair fontes, e fez correr águas como rios.

17 Todavia ainda prosseguiram em pecar contra ele, rebelando-se contra o Altíssimo no deserto.

18 E tentaram a Deus nos seus corações, pedindo comida segundo o seu apetite.