Psalms 105:39
He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
In Context
38Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them.
40The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them.
Cross References
Exodus 14:24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that the Lord looked unto the camp of the Egyptians with the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and brought into confusion the camp of the Egyptians;
Numbers 9:16So it used to be always: the cloud covered it [by day], and the appearance of fire by night.
Nehemiah 9:12And by a pillar of cloud didst thou lead them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night, to give light unto them on the way whereon they should go.
Psalms 78:14And he led them with the cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire.
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 →