Psaumes 77:18-20 BDS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 77:11-20

The psalmist here recovers himself out of the great distress and plague he was in, and silences his own fears of God's casting off his people by the remembrance of the great things he had done for them formerly, which though he had in vain tried to quiet himself with (Ps. 77:5, 6) yet he tried again, and, upon this second trial, found it not in vain. It is good to persevere in the proper means for the strengthening of faith, though they do not prove effectual at first: ?I will remember, surely... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:18

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven ,.... Thunder is the voice of God, Job 37:5 this is heard in "the orb" F2 בגלגל "in rotunditate", Montanus, Vatablus; "in isto orbe", Junius & Tremeullis; "in orbe", Cocceius; "in sphaera", Arab. , or the air, so called, because spherical; the Targum is "the voice of thy thunder was heard in the wheel;' so the word here used sometimes signifies; so Ezekiel 10:13 , and is so rendered here by some F3 "In rota", Pagninus,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:19

Thy way is in the sea ,.... In the sea of Suph, as the Targum, the Red sea; it was the Lord that made the way in the sea for the Israelites, and went before them, and led them through it: and thy path in the great waters ; because the word rendered path is written with י yod, and is in the plural number, though the Masorites observe, that that letter is redundant, and so the word is singular; hence the Jews imagine there were more paths than one, even twelve, according to the number of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:20

Thou leddest thy people like a flock ,.... Either through the Red sea, according to R. Moses Hacohen, as Aben Ezra observes; see Isaiah 63:11 , or rather, as he and Kimchi, through the wilderness, after they were led through the sea; the people of Israel are compared to a flock of sheep; the Lord is represented as the Shepherd of them, who took care of them, protected and preserved them from their enemies: by the hand of Moses and Aaron ; the one was their civil and the other their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:19

Thy way is in the sea - Thou didst walk through the sea, thy path was through a multitude of waters. Thy footsteps are not known - It was evident from the effects that God was there: but his track could not be discovered; still he is the Infinite Spirit, without parts, limits, or passions. No object of sense. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:20

Thou leddest thy people like a flock - This may refer to the pillar of cloud and fire. It went before them, and they followed it. So, in the eastern countries, the shepherd does not drape, but leads, his flock. He goes before them to find them pasture, and they regularly follow him. By the hand of Moses and Aaron - They were God's agents; and acted, in civil and sacred things, just as directed by the Most High. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:19

Verse 19 19.Thy ways are in the sea. The miracle which was wrought in drying up the Red Sea is here again described in different phraseology. What, properly speaking, refers to the Israelites is applied to God, under whose protection and guidance they passed dry-shod through the midst of the Red Sea. It is declared that a path had been opened up for them in a very strange and unusual manner; for the sea was not drained by the skill of man, nor was the river Jordan turned aside from its ordinary... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

From darkness to dawn. So may this psalm be described. We have the night of weeping followed by the morning, if not of joy, yet of peace. It is a portraiture to which the experience of myriads of souls has answered and will answer. Hence, for the help of all such, the psalm has been given. We know not who the writer was, nor when, nor the special reason why, the psalm was written. We only know that it is the utterance of a heart that had been sorely troubled, but to whom light and peace... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:18

The voice of thy thunder was in the heavens; rather, in the whirlwind (Kay, Cheyne, Revised Version). A storm of wind usually accompanies thunder and lightning. This the author, with poetical exaggeration, heightens into a "whirlwind" (comp. Psalms 83:13 ; Isaiah 17:13 ). The lightnings lightened the world. More hyperbole. Not only did they "go abroad" ( Psalms 77:17 ), darting hither and thither, but their intense brightness illuminated the whole earth. The earth trembled and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 77:11-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:18

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