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Psalms 77:20
20Your way was in the sea, and Your path in the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not seen.
Psalms 77:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- New International Version (NIV)You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Context of Psalms 77:20
18The clouds poured out water, the skies resounded, Your arrows flashed back and forth. 19The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind. Lightning lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook. Your way was in the sea, and Your path in the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not seen. 21You led Your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Read all of Psalms 77Psalms 77:20 word by word
נָחִ֣יתָ כַצֹּ֣אן עַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּֽיַד־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 77:20
- Psalms 78:52But He brought His people out like sheep, and led them in the wilderness like a flock.
- Psalms 80:1For the music director, on “Lilies,” a testimony: a psalm of Asaph.
- Exodus 13:21Adonai went before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead the way and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light. So they could travel both day and night.
- Exodus 14:19Then the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them. Also the pillar of cloud moved from in front and stood behind them,
- Isaiah 63:11Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses: “Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put among them His Ruach ha-Kodesh?
- Hosea 12:13Now Jacob fled to the field of Aram, when Israel served for a wife— yes, he kept watch for a wife.
- Acts 7:35“This Moses—whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who appointed you as ruler and judge?’—is the one whom God sent as both ruler and redeemer, by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Commentaries on Psalms 77:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Thou 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 the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron - This satisfied and comforted the mind of the psalmist. God had never forsaken his people. He had shown himself faithful in his dealings with them. He had acted the part of a good shepherd. In all the dangers of their way; in their perilous journey through the wilderness; amidst foes, privations, and troubles - rocks, sands, storms, tempests - when surrounded by enemies, and when their…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-20Verses 11-20 The remembrance of the works of God, will be a powerful remedy against distrust of his promise and goodness; for he is God, and changes not. God's way is in the sanctuary. We are sure that God is holy in all his works. God's ways are like the deep waters, which cannot be fathomed; like the way of a ship, which cannot be tracked. God brought Israel out of Egypt. This was typical of the great redemption to be wrought out in the fulness of time…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20The psalmist laments that God has turned away from him, even though he feels innocent. He reflects on his situation (Psalm 77:3, 6, 12) and finds hope (see 25:5) in remembering God's past actions (77:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-2014-20. Illustrations of God's power in His special interventions for His people (Ex 14:1-31), and, in the more common, but sublime, control of nature (Psa 22:11-14; Ha 3:14) which may have attended those miraculous events (Ex 14:24).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 77
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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