Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:41
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
41. the rock ] In Rephidim, Exo 17:1 ff. A different word (‘cliff’) is used in Num 20:8 ff. The language is borrowed from Psa 78:15-16; Psa 78:20: cp. Isa 41:18; Isa 48:21.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
He opened the rock … – See the notes at Psa 78:15. They ran in the dry places like a river. Or, a river. They flowed along in the desert – a river of waters. See the notes at 1Co 10:4.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Psa 105:41
He opened the rock.
The rock at Horeb
I. The source whence the waters are said to have sprung. A rock is in many respects an appropriate emblem of Christ.
1. It suggests the ideas of stability and unchangeableness.
2. Chosen by God Himself.
3. Smitten.
II. The uses for which they were designed.
1. To save from death by thirst.
2. To purify.
3. To refresh.
Hungry and thirsty, we are told, their soul fainted in them. But the same waters that saved them from perishing, renewed their strength, and enabled them to prosecute their journeyings to Canaan with fresh vigour and alacrity. And is it not thus with the weary and heavy-laden traveller to Zion, when supplies from the Redeemers grace are afforded to his soul?
III. The manner in which the waters flowed from the opened rock.
1. Abundantly. So it is with the grace of Christ. It is exceeding abundant. Its efficacy to save, to purify, and to refresh our souls is inexhaustible.
2. Freely. So with the blood of Christ. It is open even to the vilest and guiltiest.
3. Constantly. No drought could exhaust nor cold arrest the waters which the Israelites enjoyed in the wilderness; so neither shall any worldly trial deprive the true Israel of the reviving streams of the Redeemers grace. Goodness and mercy shall surely follow the ransomed of the Lord through all their earthly pilgrimage. (P. Grant.)
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Psa 106:1-48
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 41. He opened the rock, and the waters rushed out] See Clarke on Ex 17:6, to which I can now add, that a piece of this rock, broken off by the hand of my nephew, E. S. A. Clarke, in the course of the present year [1822,] now lies before me. It is fine granite; and so well distinguished as a granite, that the feldt-spar, the mica, and the quartz, of which granite is composed, appear very distinctly. It is worthy of remark, that, as granite is supposed, in the most accredited systems of geology, to be the very basis of the earth, the original rock, and all other substances to be superimpositions upon it, and as the decompositions of the feldt-spar produce pure vegetable earth, this rock should be used for this purpose, and should be an emblem of Jesus Christ, the Creator and Redeemer of the human race; and that it should signify him who is the basis of all things; who upholds all by the word of his power; without whom nothing is stable, nothing fruitful; from whom alone the water of life proceeds; and in whose name only is salvation. And that rock (in the wilderness) was Christ! and it is the only remaining emblem of him in creation.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
They flowed in channels which God provided for them, and followed the Israelites in their march, as is noted, 1Co 10:4. Hence they complained no more of want of water till they came to Kadesh, Num 20, which was many years after this time.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out,…. That is, God opened the rock, who before is said to spread the cloud, and bring the quails, for it was a miraculous affair; or Moses, by divine orders, which was done by smiting it, when waters flowed out in great abundance, sufficient to give drink to men and beasts, and which continued, Ex 17:6. This was typical of Christ the Rock,
1Co 10:4, and of the opening of his side, from whence flowed blood and water, Joh 19:34 and of his being smitten with the rod of justice, and by the law of Moses, from whom flow abundance of grace, and the blessings of it, freely to all his people; [See comments on Ps 78:15].
[See comments on Ps 78:16].
They ran in the dry places like a river; and did not sink and soak into them, but continued their flow, and followed the Israelites, wherever they went; see 1Co 10:4.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(41) Rock.The Hebrew tsr refers us to the miracle at Horeb.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
41. The rock The reference is particularly to Horeb, Exo 17:6. See note on Psa 78:16
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 105:41. They ran in the dry places like a river Or, They went along, a river, in dry places. Or, Rivers flowed down through dry places. Green.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Psa 105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
Ver. 41. He opened the rock ] Set it abroach, giving them pluviam escatilem, et petram aquatilem, as Tertullian hath it.
They ran in the dry places
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
opened: Psa 78:15, Psa 78:16, Psa 78:20, Psa 114:8, Exo 17:6, Num 20:11, Neh 9:15, Isa 48:21, 1Co 10:4
Reciprocal: Num 20:8 – bring forth Deu 8:15 – who brought Deu 9:21 – the brook 1Sa 12:6 – It is the Lord Neh 9:20 – gavest Psa 74:15 – cleave Isa 41:18 – General Isa 43:19 – rivers Hab 3:9 – Thou