9Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
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If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. …
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. …
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; …
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-15)It has been the usual practice of God’s people, when they have been in distress and ready to fall into despair, to help themselves by recollecting their experiences, and reviving them, considering the days of old , and the years of ancient times (Ps. 77:5), and pleading with God in prayer, as he is pleased sometimes to plead them with himself. Isa. 63:11; Then he remembered the days of old . This…
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