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Psalms 105:39

Psalms 105:39
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The people asked, and he brought quails,.... The Targum is,

"they asked flesh, and he brought quails,''

or pheasants; some render it partridges, others locusts: that is, the people of Israel asked…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He spread a cloud for a covering - See the notes at Psa 78:14. In Num 10:34; it is said that “the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day,” and from this seems to have been derived the idea of its…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 105:25-45

After the history of the patriarchs follows here the history of the people of Israel, when they grew into a nation.

I. Their affliction in Egypt (Psa 105:25): He turned the heart of the Egyptians, who…