Psalms 78:13

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
divided	בָּ֣קַע Ba.ka'	H1234	to cleave · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sea	יָ֭ם yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · noun, common masculine singular absolute
through	וַיַּֽעֲבִירֵ֑ם vai.ya.'a.vi.Rem	H5674	to cross over · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
waters	מַ֥יִם Ma.yim	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural absolute
stand	וַֽיַּצֶּב vai.ya.tzev-	H5324	to station · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
heap	נֵֽד Ned	H5067	a mound · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea…
Exodus 15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in…
Joshua 3:16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those tha…
Psalms 66:6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
Psalms 106:9-10 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
Psalms 136:13-15 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms 38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Isaiah 63:13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:9-39

In these verses, I. The psalmist observes the late rebukes of Providence that the people of Israel had been under, which they had brought upon themselves by their dealing treacherously with God, Psa 78:9-11. The children of Ephraim, in which tribe Shiloh was, though they were well armed and shot with bows, yet turned back in the day of battle. This seems to refer to that shameful defeat which the Philistines gave them in Eli's time, when they took the ark prisoner, Sa1 4:10, Sa1 4:11. Of this the psalmist here begins to speak, and, after a long digression, returns to it again, Psa 78:61. Well might that event be thus fresh in mind in David's time, above forty years after, for the ark, which…

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John Gill on Psalms 78:13

He divided the sea,.... The Targum adds, "by the rod of Moses their master;'' which he was ordered to lift up, and to stretch out his hand over the sea; which he did, and at the same time a strong east wind was raised, which caused the sea to go back, and divided the waters of it; see Exodus 14:16. and caused them to pass through; that is, he caused the Israelites to pass through the sea; this they did in faith, Hebrews 11:29, in the faith of the power and promise of God, and of future grace and blessings, which this was an emblem of; for it was a representation of baptism, and is so called, 1 Corinthians 10:1 and of the sea of Christ's blood, or of his sufferings and death; whereby all e…

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John Calvin on Psalms 78:12-16

Psalm 78:12-16 12. He wrought marvellously [or he did wondrous things] in the sight of their fathers; in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. [322] 13. He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through, and made the waters to stand as an heap. 14. And he led them by a cloud in the day; and all the night by the light of fire. 15. He clave the rocks in the wilderness: and made them to drink in great deeps. 16. And he brought forth streams from the rock, and made the waters to run down like rivers. 12. He wrought marvellously in the sight of their fathers. The Psalmist is still to be regarded as condemning the posterity of the Israelites for their guilt; but he very properly, at the sam…

The Church Fathers

"He split the sea and led them through." The Lord walked upon the sea, and calmed the waves of the sea, and led us through. "He split the sea and led them through." To this day, O faithful monk, when you are led out of Egypt, the sea is split, and thus you are led out. "He set the waters as if in a wineskin." In the Hebrew it does not have "wineskin," but "heap."
— Jerome, Homily 11, on Psalm 77

For He that "did burst asunder the sea and made them go through, did confine the waters as it were in bottles" [Psalm 78:13], in order that the water might stand up first as if it were shut in, is able by His grace to restrain the flowing and ebbing tides of carnal desires, when we renounce this world, so that all sins having been thoroughly washed away, as if they were enemies, the people of the faithful may be made to pass through by means of the Sacrament of Baptism.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 78

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Dictionary and topics

Red Sea · 14;15:1,4,11,19; — 14;15:1,4,11,19;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 78:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:9-39

John Gill on Psalms 78:13

John Calvin on Psalms 78:12-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 78:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:9-39

John Gill on Psalms 78:13

John Calvin on Psalms 78:12-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 78:12-25

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 78:13

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 78:13