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Psalms 78
A long teaching psalm of Asaph tells the next generation the story of Israel: the plagues in Egypt, the sea, water from the rock, manna and quail in the wilderness, and Israel's repeated rebellion, ending with God's choice of Zion and of David to shepherd his people.
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- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiManna and quail · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiManna and quail: Manna · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiManna and quail: Quail at evening · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiRephidim: water from the rock, and Amalek · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiRephidim: water from the rock, and Amalek: Hands held up · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
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How sure can we be?
- Plausible
“As the scripture hath said” gathers several Old Testament promises of water rather than quoting one verse.
No verse matches the words. Zechariah 14 joins living waters from Jerusalem with the Feast of Tabernacles (14:8, 14:16); Ezekiel 47 sees water flowing from the temple; Isaiah 58:11 promises a spring that does not fail; the wilderness rock (Exodus 17:6, Psalm…
- Speculative
David, ages 0–15: Keeping the sheep
The youngest son was not even called in when Samuel came. Out with the flock he learned to protect sheep from lions and bears (1 Sam 17:34–35), lessons he would later apply to Goliath and to a nation. The psalm joins the two: God took him from the sheepfolds…