Psalms 105:31

31 God said, and a flesh fly came; and gnats in all the coasts of them. (And God spoke, and then swarms of flies came; and gnats as well, in all their coasts.)

Psalms 105:31 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 105:31

He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies
Or a "mixture" ^F26 of various insects, and, as some interpret it, of wild beasts; and so Kimchi says evil beasts are meant, which were raised up to go into all their borders; the Arabic version renders it "dogflies", after the Septuagint; (See Gill on Psalms 78:45), this was the fourth plague, ( Exodus 8:24 ) .

And lice in all their coasts;
this is the third plague, and what the magicians could not imitate, but were obliged to own the finger of God was in it, ( Exodus 8:16-19 ) . God can make use of mean and despicable instruments to do his work; the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (bre) "mixtura insectarum", Pagninus, Montanus; "colluvies insectarum", Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis; "mista bestiarum", Vatablus; "colluvies animalium", Junius & Tremellius.

Psalms 105:31 In-Context

29 He turned the waters of them into blood; and he killed the fishes of them.

30 And the land of them gave paddocks; in the privy places of the kings of them. (And their land brought forth frogs; even the king's private rooms were filled with them.)

31 God said, and a flesh fly came; and gnats in all the coasts of them. (And God spoke, and then swarms of flies came; and gnats as well, in all their coasts.)

32 He setted their rains (into) hail; (and) fire burning in the land of them.

33 And he smote the vines of them, and the fig trees of them; and all-brake the trees of the coasts of them.