Psalms 105:39
He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
In Context
38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
40They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
Cross References
Exodus 14:24And now the morning watch was come, and behold the Lord looking upon the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, slew their host.
Numbers 9:16So it was always: by day the cloud covered it, and by night as it were the appearance of fire.
Nehemiah 9:12And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of Are by night, that they might see the way by which they went.
Psalms 78:14And he conducted them with a cloud by day: and all the night with a light of
1 Corinthians 10:1For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:26-45
Israel's Deliverance Out of Egypt. 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and… Read the whole commentary →