Psalm 78:14-24

14 Durante el día los guiaba con una nube,
y toda la noche, con una columna de fuego.

15 Partió las rocas en el desierto para darles agua
como de un manantial burbujeante.

16 Hizo que de la roca brotaran corrientes de agua,
¡y que el agua fluyera como un río!

17 Sin embargo, ellos siguieron pecando contra él,
al rebelarse contra el Altísimo en el desierto.

18 Tercamente pusieron a prueba a Dios en sus corazones,
al exigirle la comida que tanto ansiaban.

19 Hasta hablaron en contra de Dios al decir:
«Dios no puede darnos comida en el desierto.

20 Por cierto, puede golpear una roca para que brote agua,
pero no puede darle pan y carne a su pueblo».

21 Cuando el Señor
los oyó, se puso furioso;
el fuego de su ira se encendió contra Jacob.
Sí, su enojo aumentó contra Israel,

22 porque no le creyeron a Dios
ni confiaron en su cuidado.

23 Pero él ordenó que se abrieran los cielos;
abrió las puertas del cielo.

24 Hizo que lloviera maná para que comieran;
les dio pan del cielo.

Psalm 78:14-24 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.