Salmi 78:44

44 mutò i loro fiumi in sangue, e i loro rivi in guisa che non potean più bere;

Salmi 78:44 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:44

And had turned their rivers into blood
The river Nile and its seven streams; this was the first of the plagues of Egypt, ( Exodus 7:20 Exodus 7:21 ) , and was a just retaliation for drowning the infants of the Israelites in their river, ( Exodus 1:22 ) , a like plague will be inflicted on spiritual Egypt, and with equal justice; see ( Revelation 11:8 ) ( 16:3-7 ) ,

and their floods, that they could not drink;
the rivulets that flowed from the Nile, and every spring or confluence of water; or rather by these rivers and floods are meant the canals and ditches, which, as Jarchi ^F5 observes, were made by the hands of men, from the banks of the river Nile, to water their fields with.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Comment. on Exod. vii. 19. so Kimchi in Sepher Shorash. rad. (ra) .

Salmi 78:44 In-Context

42 Non si ricordaron più della sua mano, del giorno in cui egli li liberò dal nemico,

43 quando operò i suoi miracoli in Egitto, e i suoi prodigi nelle campagne di Zoan;

44 mutò i loro fiumi in sangue, e i loro rivi in guisa che non potean più bere;

45 mandò contro loro mosche velenose che li divoravano, e rane che li distruggevano;

46 dette il loro raccolto ai bruchi e la loro fatica alle locuste;