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Supernatural, Abundant Provision
Commentators explain that the phrase "as out of the great depths" emphasizes the sheer abundance of God's provision. This wasn't a small trickle but an ocean-like supply, gushing from a completely dry rock. John Calvin stresses this was a pure miracle, not the tapping of a natural spring, demonstrating God's power to provide supernaturally and lavishly for His people.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 78:15
18th Century
Theologian
He clave the rocks in the wilderness — There were two occasions on which the rock was struck for water: one at Mount Horeb ([Refere…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 78:15
19th Century
Bishop
And gave ... —Literally, and gave them to drink as if it were a great deep, or as we might say, “oceans of drink”—a poeti…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 78:10–16
19th Century
Preacher
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; and forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. Marvellous th…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 78:15
16th Century
Theologian
He clave the rocks in the wilderness. The Psalmist presents another evidence of God's fatherly love, by which He testified to the greatnes…
John Gill
On Psalms 78:15
17th Century
Pastor
He clave the rocks in the wilderness
The one at Rephidim, (Exodus 17:1–6), and the other at Kadesh, ([Re…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 78:9–39
17th Century
Minister
Sin dispirits people and takes away their courage. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to His laws. This narrative relates a …