Psalm 77:17

17 et adposuerunt adhuc peccare ei in ira excitaverunt Excelsum in inaquoso

Psalm 77:17 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 77:17

The clouds poured out water
This, with some other circumstances which follow, are not related by Moses in the history of this affair; but as they are here recorded by an inspired penman, there is no doubt to be made of the truth of them; besides Josephus ^F1 relates the same things; he says, that at the time when the Egyptians were drowned in the Red sea, rains descended from heaven, and there were terrible thunders, lightnings, and thunderbolts; this was when the Lord looked through the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, ( Exodus 14:24 ) ,

the skies sent out a sound;
or the airy clouds, the lighter ones, and which were higher in the heavens, as the others before mentioned were thick clouds, full of water, and hung lower; these were thunderclouds, and thunder is the sound which they sent forth, as in the following verse:

thine arrows also went abroad:
that is, lightnings, as in ( Psalms 18:14 ) , so Aben Ezra; but Kimchi interprets them of hailstones.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Antiqu. l. 2. c. 16. sect. 3.

Psalm 77:17 In-Context

15 interrupit petram in heremo et adaquavit eos velut in abysso multa

16 et eduxit aquam de petra et deduxit tamquam flumina aquas

17 et adposuerunt adhuc peccare ei in ira excitaverunt Excelsum in inaquoso

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