The Meaning of Psalms 78:16 Explained

Psalms 78:16

KJV: He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

YLT: And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.

Darby: And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

ASV: He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 78:16?

MEANING: What does Psalms 78:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 78:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 78:16?

What is the context of Psalms 78:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

What does Psalms 78:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 78:13-24 - "a Table In The Wilderness"

Throughout this wonderful recital there is a perpetual contrast between God's unswerving goodness and the incessant backsliding of His people; and as we read it, we learn that sin is not simply the violation of the divine law, but a source of pain and trouble to our Heavenly Father's heart. For us He cleaves the seas, leads us in the daytime, builds His watch-fires around us at night, and brings streams of blessing from the rocks. But we tempt Him by our incessant unbelief. We say, He certainly did thus and thus, but can He, will He, do this or that? "Can God furnish?" "Can God give bread?"

When shall we dare to believe in our Lord's assurances; first, that "with God all things are possible;" and second, that "all things are possible to him that believeth"? But we must live habitually in fellowship with God before we are able to exercise this faith. As we nourish our souls by feeding on the promises, and studying what He has done in the lives of others, out faith removes all the boundaries with which it had limited the Holy One, and cries, "Thou canst and thou wilt!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 78

¹ An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God
⁹ The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient
⁶⁷ The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David

What do the individual words in Psalms 78:16 mean?

And He brought streams out of the rock and caused to run down like rivers waters

וַיּוֹצִ֣א נוֹזְלִ֣ים מִסָּ֑לַע וַיּ֖וֹרֶד כַּנְּהָר֣וֹת מָֽיִם

וַיּוֹצִ֣א	And He brought
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
נוֹזְלִ֣ים	streams
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: נָזַל Sense: to flow, distil, flow forth or down, trickle, drop.
מִסָּ֑לַע	out of the rock
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular Root: סֶלַע Sense: crag, cliff, rock.
וַיּ֖וֹרֶד	and caused to run down
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
כַּנְּהָר֣וֹת	like rivers
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: נָהָר Sense: stream, river.
מָֽיִם	waters
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: מַיִם Sense: water, waters.

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