John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:16
He brought streams also out of the rock ,.... Which is expressed in the singular number, as also in Psalm 78:20 , because the children of Israel were not come to Kadesh, and the second rock was not smitten when they lusted after flesh, and murmured against God, and tempted him, as is after related: and caused waters to run down like rivers ; from the descent of the rock, which followed them all the way in the wilderness; this was a most marvellous thing, that water should flow from a... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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, Ps. 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, 1 Sam. 4:10, 11. Of this the... read more