Psalms 77:20

20 quoniam percussit petram et fluxerunt aquae et torrentes inundaverunt numquid et panem potest dare aut parare mensam populo suo

Psalms 77:20 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 77:20

Thou leddest thy people like a flock
Either through the Red sea, according to R. Moses Hacohen, as Aben Ezra observes; see ( Isaiah 63:11-13 ) , or rather, as he and Kimchi, through the wilderness, after they were led through the sea; the people of Israel are compared to a flock of sheep; the Lord is represented as the Shepherd of them, who took care of them, protected and preserved them from their enemies:

by the hand of Moses and Aaron;
the one was their civil and the other their ecclesiastical governor, and both under the Lord, and instruments of his, in guiding and conducting the people in all things needful for them. The Arabic version adds, "Allelujah"; from all this the psalmist concluded, though it is not mentioned, that as God had delivered his people of old out of their straits and difficulties, so he hoped and believed, that as he could, he would deliver him in his own time and way; and by this means his faith was relieved and strengthened.

Psalms 77:20 In-Context

18 et temptaverunt Deum in cordibus suis ut peterent escas animabus suis
19 et male locuti sunt de Deo dixerunt numquid poterit Deus parare mensam in deserto
20 quoniam percussit petram et fluxerunt aquae et torrentes inundaverunt numquid et panem potest dare aut parare mensam populo suo
21 ideo audivit Dominus et distulit et ignis accensus est in Iacob et ira ascendit in Israhel
22 quia non crediderunt in Deo nec speraverunt in salutare eius
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.