You cleaved the fountain and the flood – that is, the source of the streams and the streams themselves.

The main allusion is probably…

In the true prophetic spirit, as Moses brought the cries of distress by reason of their bondage from the oppressed Israelites to God ([Ref…

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood
That is, the rocks at Horeb and at Kadesh, from whence water flowed as …

The church silences her own complaints. What God had done for his people, as their King of old, encouraged them to depend on him. It was the Lord's…