Psalms 78:15
He cleaved rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the great deep.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
In Context
14By day also He led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Cross References
Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.' And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Psalms 105:41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran, a river in the dry places.
Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Isaiah 48:21And they thirsted not when He led them through the deserts; He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; He cleaved the rock also, and the waters gushed out.'
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →