Psalms 114:8

Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
turned	הַהֹפְכִ֣י ha.ho.fe.Khi	H2015	to turn about or over · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct
rock	הַצּ֣וּר ha.Tzur	H6697	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
standing	אֲגַם 'a.gam-	H98	a marsh · noun, common masculine singular construct
water	מָ֑יִם Ma.yim	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural absolute
flint	חַ֝לָּמִ֗ישׁ cha.la.Mish	H2496	flint · noun, common masculine singular absolute
fountain	לְמַעְיְנוֹ le.ma'.ye.nov-	H4599	a fountain (also collectively) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
waters	מָֽיִם Ma.yim	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water;…
Psalms 107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
Numbers 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and t…
Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the…
Psalms 105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
Psalms 78:15-16 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Nehemiah 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 114:1–end

The psalmist is here remembering the days of old, the years of the right hand of the Most High, and the wonders which their fathers told them of (Jdg 6:13), for time, as it does not wear out the guilt of sin, so it should not wear out the sense of mercy. Let it never be forgotten, I. That God brought Israel out of the house of bondage with a high hand and a stretched-out arm: Israel went out of Egypt, Psa 114:1. They did not steal out clandestinely, nor were they driven out, but fairly went out, marched out with all the marks of honour; they went out from a barbarous people, that had used them barbarously, from a people of a strange language, Psa 81:5. The Israelites, it seems, preserved the…

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John Gill on Psalms 114:8

Which turned the rock into a standing water,.... Both at Rephidim and at Kadesh; which being smitten, streams of water flowed out like rivers, as if the rock itself was changed into water; and which came a constant and continual supply for the Israelites, for it is said to follow them; see Exodus 17:6. The flint into a fountain of waters; referring to the same thing, the rocks were flinty ones. This was a type of Christ the Rock; who has an abiding fulness of grace in him; is the fountain of it, from whence it flows in great abundance for the supply of his people's wants, while passing through this wilderness to Canaan's land.

John Calvin on Psalms 114:5–end

Psalm 114:5-8 5. What ailed thee, O see! that thou fleddest? and thou, Jordan, that thou turnedst back? 6. The mountains, that ye did leap like rams; and ye hills, like lambs of the flock? 7. At the presence of the Lord, tremble, thou earth, [362] at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8. Who turned the rock into pools of water, [363] and the mighty rock into a fountain of waters. [364] 5 What ailed thee, O sea! The prophet interrogates the sea, Jordan, and the mountains, in a familiar and poetical strain, as lately he ascribed to them a sense and reverence for God's power. And, by these similitudes, he very sharply reproves the insensibility of those persons, who do not employ the intellige…

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The Church Fathers

"Who turned the hard rock into standing waters, and the flint stone into springing wells" (ver. 8). For He melted Himself, and what may be called His hardness to water those who believe on Him, that He might in them become "a fountain of water gushing forth unto everlasting life;" because formerly, when He was not known, He seemed hard. Hence they who said, "This is an hard saying, who can bear it?" were confounded, and waited not until He should flow and stream upon them when the Scriptures were revealed. The rock, that hardness, was turned into pools of water, that stone into fountains of waters, when on His resurrection, "He expounded unto them, commencing with Moses and all the prophets, how Christ ought to suffer thus;" and sent the Holy Ghost, of whom He said, "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 114

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Dictionary and topics

Exodus — The great deliverance wrought for the children of Isreal when they were brought out of the land of Egypt with “a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm” (Ex 12:51; Deut. 26:8; Ps 114; 136), about…
Flint · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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Psalms 114:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 114:1–end

John Gill on Psalms 114:8

John Calvin on Psalms 114:5–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 114:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 114:1–end

John Gill on Psalms 114:8

John Calvin on Psalms 114:5–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 114:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 114:8

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 114:8