Psalms 114:8

“Which turned the rock into a standing water, etc.] Both at Rephidim and at Kadesh; which being smitten, streams of water flowed out like rivers, as if the rock itself was changed into water; and which came a constant and continual supply for the Israelites, for it is said to follow them; (see <021706>Exodus 17:6 <042011>Numbers 20:11 <197815>Psalm 78:15,16 105:41 <461004> 1 Corinthians 10:4). The flint into a fountain of waters; referring to the same thing, the rocks were flinty ones. This was a type of Christ the Rock; who has an abiding fulness of grace in him; is the fountain of it, from whence it flows in great abundance for the supply of his people’s wants, while passing through this…”

“Which turned the rock into a standing water - That is, Before him who could do this, the earth should tremble; the inhabited world should stand in awe of such amazing power. The words rendered “a standing water,” mean properly a pool of water. They indicate nothing in regard to the permanency of that pool; they do not imply that it remained as a standing pool during the sojourn of the Israelites in the wilderness - whatever may have been the fact in regard to that. The simple idea is, that, at the time referred to, the rock was converted into a pool; that is, the waters flowed from the rock, constituting such a pool. The flint - Another name for the rock - used here to describe the greatness…”

“114:8 The Lord miraculously provided for his people in hard times after the Exile, just as he had done in the wilderness after the Exodus.”

“Psa 78:15, Psa 78:16, Psa 105:41, Psa 107:35; Exo 17:6; Num 20:11; Deu 8:15; Neh 9:15; Co1 10:4 Next: Psalms Chapter 115”