Psalms 78:16

16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.

Psalms 78:16 in Other Translations

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

16 He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

16 He made streams pour from the rock, making the waters flow down like a river!

16 He made creeks flow out from sheer rock, and water pour out like a river.

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 guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.

15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;

16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.

17 But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.

18 They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.