Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:40
[The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
40. The people asked ] The Heb. verb is in the sing., but with LXX Jer. Syr. Targ. we should read the plural, They asked. See Exodus 16, and cp. Psa 78:18 ff. The murmuring of the Israelites is not mentioned, because the Psalmist’s object is to point to God’s goodness, not to Israel’s faithlessness.
the bread of heaven ] The manna: cp. Psa 78:24-25; Neh 9:15.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The people asked, and he brought quails – See the notes at Psa 78:26-29.
And satisfied them with the bread of heaven – manna, sent down, as it were, from heaven. In Psa 78:25, it is called angels food. See the notes at that verse.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
He speaks of the first giving of quails, Exo 16:13, which God gave them as a refreshment, notwithstanding their sin in desiring them, which he graciously pardoned; and not of that second giving of quails, which God gave them in judgment, Num 11, and therefore would not have been numbered here amongst Gods favours vouchsafed to them. With the bread of heaven; with manna which came out of the air, which is commonly called heaven.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
The people asked, and he brought quails,…. The Targum is,
“they asked flesh, and he brought quails,”
or pheasants; some render it partridges, others locusts: that is, the people of Israel asked flesh of the Lord, and he gave them quails; which he did twice, first at the same time the manna was first given,
Ex 16:13, and some years after that a second time, when the wrath of God came upon them and slew them while their meat was in their mouths,
Nu 11:31, it is the first time that is here referred to, since it is mentioned among the benefits and blessings bestowed upon them; this was typical of the spiritual meat believers eat of, even the flesh of Christ, whose flesh is meat indeed. The quail was a fat and fleshy bird, delicious food, sent from heaven in the evening; so Christ came from heaven in the evening of the world, and gave his flesh for the life of his people, and on which they live by faith.
And satisfied them with the bread of heaven: the manna, called the corn of heaven; a type of Christ the hidden manna, who is soul satisfying food to believers; [See comments on Ps 78:24],
[See comments on Ps 78:25].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
40. Quails This would seem, by the order of events named, to refer to the first supply of quails, Exo 16:12-13. For second supply, see on Psa 78:26.
Bread of heaven Same as “angels’ food,” “corn of heaven,” manna. Psa 78:24-25, where see note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 105:40 [The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Ver. 40. The people asked ] Not as suppliants, but as malcontents, and therefore had what they asked, with a vengeance.
And satisfied them with the bread of heaven
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
asked: Psa 78:18, Psa 78:26-28, Exo 16:12, Exo 16:13, Num 11:4-6, Num 11:31-33
satisfied: Exo 16:14-35, Num 11:7-9, Deu 8:3, Jos 5:12, Neh 9:20
bread: Psa 78:23-25, Joh 6:31-33, Joh 6:48-58
Reciprocal: Exo 16:4 – I will rain Num 11:9 – General Neh 9:15 – gavest Psa 78:24 – had rained Hos 11:4 – and I laid 1Co 10:3 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 105:40-41. The people asked, and he brought quails He speaks of the first instance of his giving quails, mentioned Exo 16:13, which God sent them as a refreshment, graciously pardoning their sin in desiring them; and not of that second instance, recorded Num 11:31, when God gave them quails in judgment, which would not have been mentioned here among Gods favours vouchsafed to them. And satisfied them with the bread of heaven With manna, which came down from the air, commonly called heaven: see on Psa 78:24-29. He opened the rock God, in his common providence, fetches water from heaven, and bread out of the earth; but for Israel, the divine power brought bread from the clouds and water from the rocks: so far is the God of nature from being tied to the laws and course of nature! And the waters gushed out And that not only once, but ran like a river, plentifully and constantly; and, it is thought by many, attended their camp in all their removes, as seems to be implied 1Co 10:4, where they are said to have drunk of the rock that followed them. Hence they complained no more of want of water till they came to Kadesh, Num 20:2, &c. To this instance of the divine goodness that promise alludes, I will give rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen, Isa 43:19-20 : see on Psa 78:15.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
105:40 [The people] {u} asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
(u) Not for necessity but for satisfying of their lust.