Proverbia 77:20

Nova Vulgata

[77:21] Deduxisti sicut oves populum tuum in manu Moysi et Aaron.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
quoniam percussit petram, et fluxerunt aquæ, et torrentes inundaverunt. Numquid et panem poterit dare, aut parare mensam populo suo ?

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
quoniam percussit petram, et fluxerunt aquæ,
et torrentes inundaverunt.
Numquid et panem poterit dare,
aut parare mensam populo suo?
Ideo audivit Dominus et distulit;
et ignis accensus est in Jacob,
et ira ascendit in Israël:
quia non crediderunt in Deo,
nec speraverunt in salutari ejus.
Et mandavit nubibus desuper,
et januas cæli aperuit.
Et pluit illis manna ad manducandum,
et panem cæli dedit eis.
Panem angelorum manducavit homo;
cibaria misit eis in abundantia.
Transtulit austrum de cælo,
et induxit in virtute sua africum.
Et pluit super eos sicut pulverem carnes,
et sicut arenam maris volatilia pennata.
Et ceciderunt in medio castrorum eorum,
circa tabernacula eorum.
Et manducaverunt, et saturati sunt nimis,
et desiderium eorum attulit eis:
non sunt fraudati a desiderio suo.
Adhuc escæ eorum erant in ore ipsorum,
et ira Dei ascendit super eos:
et occidit pingues eorum,
et electos Israël impedivit.
In omnibus his peccaverunt adhuc,
et non crediderunt in mirabilibus ejus.
Et defecerunt in vanitate dies eorum,
et anni eorum cum festinatione.
Cum occideret eos, quærebant eum et revertebantur,
et diluculo veniebant ad eum.
Et rememorati sunt quia Deus adjutor est eorum,
et Deus excelsus redemptor eorum est.
Et dilexerunt eum in ore suo,
et lingua sua mentiti sunt ei;
cor autem eorum non erat rectum cum eo,
nec fideles habiti sunt in testamento ejus.
Ipse autem est misericors,
et propitius fiet peccatis eorum,
et non disperdet eos.
Et abundavit ut averteret iram suam,
et non accendit omnem iram suam.
Et recordatus est quia caro sunt,
spiritus vadens et non rediens.
Quoties exacerbaverunt eum in deserto;
in iram concitaverunt eum in inaquoso?
Et conversi sunt, et tentaverunt Deum,
et sanctum Israël exacerbaverunt.
Non sunt recordati manus ejus,
die qua redemit eos de manu tribulantis:
sicut posuit in Ægypto signa sua,
et prodigia sua in campo Taneos;
et convertit in sanguinem flumina eorum,
et imbres eorum, ne biberent.
Misit in eos cœnomyiam, et comedit eos,
et ranam, et disperdidit eos;
et dedit ærugini fructus eorum,
et labores eorum locustæ;
et occidit in grandine vineas eorum,
et moros eorum in pruina;
et tradidit grandini jumenta eorum,
et possessionem eorum igni;
misit in eos iram indignationis suæ,
indignationem, et iram, et tribulationem,
immissiones per angelos malos.
Viam fecit semitæ iræ suæ:
non pepercit a morte animabus eorum,
et jumenta eorum in morte conclusit:
et percussit omne primogenitum in terra Ægypti;
primitias omnis laboris eorum in tabernaculis Cham:
et abstulit sicut oves populum suum,
et perduxit eos tamquam gregem in deserto:
et deduxit eos in spe, et non timuerunt,
et inimicos eorum operuit mare.
Et induxit eos in montem sanctificationis suæ,
montem quem acquisivit dextera ejus;
et ejecit a facie eorum gentes,
et sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis;
et habitare fecit in tabernaculis eorum tribus Israël.
Et tentaverunt, et exacerbaverunt Deum excelsum,
et testimonia ejus non custodierunt.
Et averterunt se, et non servaverunt pactum:
quemadmodum patres eorum, conversi sunt in arcum pravum.
In iram concitaverunt eum in collibus suis,
et in sculptilibus suis ad æmulationem eum provocaverunt.
Audivit Deus, et sprevit,
et ad nihilum redegit valde Israël.
Et repulit tabernaculum Silo,
tabernaculum suum, ubi habitavit in hominibus.
Et tradidit in captivitatem virtutem eorum,
et pulchritudinem eorum in manus inimici.
Et conclusit in gladio populum suum,
et hæreditatem suam sprevit.
Juvenes eorum comedit ignis,
et virgines eorum non sunt lamentatæ.
Sacerdotes eorum in gladio ceciderunt,
et viduæ eorum non plorabantur.
Et excitatus est tamquam dormiens Dominus,
tamquam potens crapulatus a vino.
Et percussit inimicos suos in posteriora;
opprobrium sempiternum dedit illis.
Et repulit tabernaculum Joseph,
et tribum Ephraim non elegit:
sed elegit tribum Juda,
montem Sion, quem dilexit.
Et ædificavit sicut unicornium sanctificium suum,
in terra quam fundavit in sæcula.
Et elegit David, servum suum,
et sustulit eum de gregibus ovium;
de post fœtantes accepit eum:
pascere Jacob servum suum,
et Israël hæreditatem suam.
Et pavit eos in innocentia cordis sui,
et in intellectibus manuum suarum deduxit eos.]

Bible Verse Review
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Psalms 78:52, Psalms 80:1, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 14:19, Isaiah 63:11, Isaiah 63:12, Hosea 12:13, Acts 7:35, Acts 7:36

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:10 - General Exodus 6:26 - That Aaron Exodus 6:27 - to bring Exodus 14:29 - walked Exodus 15:13 - led Exodus 16:6 - the Lord Leviticus 26:46 - by the hand Numbers 9:22 - abode Numbers 26:51 - General Numbers 33:1 - under the hand Deuteronomy 1:33 - Who went Deuteronomy 11:5 - General 1 Samuel 12:6 - It is the Lord Psalms 103:7 - He made Psalms 105:26 - sent Psalms 106:9 - so he Psalms 107:7 - he led Psalms 136:16 - General Jeremiah 2:17 - when he Habakkuk 3:13 - with Hebrews 8:9 - to lead

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou leddest thy people like a flock,.... Either through the Red sea, according to R. Moses Hacohen, as Aben Ezra observes; see

Isaiah 63:11, or rather, as he and Kimchi, through the wilderness, after they were led through the sea; the people of Israel are compared to a flock of sheep; the Lord is represented as the Shepherd of them, who took care of them, protected and preserved them from their enemies:

by the hand of Moses and Aaron; the one was their civil and the other their ecclesiastical governor, and both under the Lord, and instruments of his, in guiding and conducting the people in all things needful for them. The Arabic version adds, "Allelujah"; from all this the psalmist concluded, though it is not mentioned, that as God had delivered his people of old out of their straits and difficulties, so he hoped and believed, that as he could, he would deliver him in his own time and way; and by this means his faith was relieved and strengthened.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou 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 camp was infested with poisonous serpents - God had shown himself able to protect his people, and had been faithful to all his promises and covenant-engagements. Looking back to this period of their history, the psalmist saw that there was abundant reason for confiding in God, and that the mind should repose on him calmly amid all that was dark and mysterious in his dealings. In view of the past, the mind ought to be calm; encouraged by the past, however incomprehensible may be God’s doings, people may come to him, and entrust all their interests to him with the confident assurance that their salvation will be secure, and that all which seems dark and mysterious in the dealings of God will yet be made clear.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 77:20. Thou 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 drive, 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.

ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH PSALM

In this Psalm the prophet shows the bitter agony which a troubled spirit undergoes from a sense of God's displeasure; and the comfort which it afterwards receives through faith in his promises.

There are two parts in this Psalm: -

I. The psalmist sets forth the strife between the flesh and the spirit; and how the flesh tempts the spirit to despair, and calls in question the goodness of God, Psalms 77:1-10.

II. Next, he shows the victory of the spirit over the flesh; being raised, encouraged, and confirmed by the nature, promises, and works of God, Psalms 77:11-20.

This is an excellent Psalm, and of great use in spiritual desertion.

I. The strife. The prophet betakes himself to God. 1. He prays. 2. Prays often. 3. Prays earnestly. 4. And with a troubled soul. The Psalm is, therefore, not the expression of a despairing soul, but of one that has a great conflict with temptation.

Though he complains, yet he despairs not.

I. His complaint is bitter, and he sets down how he was exercised.

1. He found no intermission; day and night he was in distress. His voice was continually lifted up, and his hands constantly stretched out to God in prayer. When no man saw him, he prayed. His complaint was in secret, and far from hypocrisy, which always loves to have witnesses.

2. He refused to be comforted, Psalms 77:2.

3. Even the "remembrance of God troubled him," Psalms 77:3.

4. His soul was overwhelmed, Psalms 77:3.

5. He became at last speechless through grief, Psalms 77:4.

6. All sleep departed from him, Psalms 77:4.

II. He shows that his grief was aggravated by a consideration of the happiness he once enjoyed, but had lost.

1. He had considered the days of old, Psalms 77:5.

2. He could rejoice in and praise God, Psalms 77:6.

3. But now, on diligent search, all good is gone, Psalms 77:6.

4. His debate between hope and despair, which leads him to break out in the following interrogations: 1. Will the Lord cast off for ever? 2. Will he be favourable no more? 3. Is his mercy clean gone? 4. Doth his promise fail? 5. Hath God forgotten to be gracious? 6. Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Psalms 77:7-9.

II. How he is restored.

1. He begins with a correction of himself: "I said, This is my infirmity," Psalms 77:10.

2. Takes encouragement from a remembrance, -

(1) Of God's ways: "I will remember - the right hand of the Most High," Psalms 77:10.

(2) Of his WORKS: "I will remember thy wonders of old," Psalms 77:11.

3. On these he will meditate and discourse, Psalms 77:12.

(1) He then addresses his speech to God; who he understands is to be sought in his sanctuary, Psalms 77:13.

(2) And who is "infinitely great and good," Psalms 77:13.

(3) Who has declared his strength among the people, Psalms 77:14.

(4) And particularly to the descendants of Jacob, Psalms 77:15.

III. He amplifies the story of their deliverance from Egypt by several instances of God's power.

1. In the RED SEA: "The waters saw thee," Psalms 77:16.

2. In the HEAVENS: "The clouds poured out water, Psalms 77:17.

3. In the EARTH: "The earth trembled and shook," Psalms 77:18.

IV. The final cause of all was that he might lead his people out of their bondage, and destroy their enemies, Psalms 77:19-20.