Psalms 78:23

Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.

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KJV

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

ASV

Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

YLT

And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

DBT

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,

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Though he had commanded the clouds from above,.... Which were round about him, his chariots, and the dust of his feet; and which were at his command to go here and there, and carry and let down provisions for his people, as they did: and opened the doors of heaven; as a large granary, from whence the manna, afterwards called the corn of heaven, was given out in great abundance, which is signified by opening the doors; see Mal 3:10.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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Ver. 23. Though he had commanded the clouds from above. Such a marvel ought to have rendered unbelief impossible: when clouds become granaries, seeing should be believing, and doubts should dissolve. And opened the doors of heaven. The great storehouse doors were set wide open, and the corn of heaven poured out in heaps. Those who would not believe in such a case were hardened indeed; and yet our own position is very similar, for the Lord has wrought for us great deliverances, quite as memorable and undeniable, and yet suspicions and forebodings haunt us.

Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David (1869-1885)reformed

God, who has the key of the clouds, opened the doors of heaven, and that is more than opening the windows, which yet is spoken of as a great blessing, Mal. iii. To all that by faith and prayer ask, seek, and knock, these doors shall at any time be opened; for the God of heaven is rich in mercy to all that call upon him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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14 linked verses

The verses this one reaches12

Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
1 Kings 17:6
The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Malachi 3:10
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
Hosea 11:4
I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.
1 Corinthians 10:3
They all ate the same spiritual food
Psalms 105:40
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
2 Kings 7:19
And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
Psalms 33:9
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
Numbers 11:9
When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
Jeremiah 31:2
This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
John 6:32
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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2 Kings1

2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God,…

Isaiah1

Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers…

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Malachi 3:10
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–8
  Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Matthew 6:33
  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Proverbs 3:9–10
  Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- Psalms 37:3
  Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Deuteronomy 28:12
  The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow…
Through
Psalms 33:9
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
leads to
- Genesis 1:3
  And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- Psalms 33:6
  By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
- Psalms 148:5–6
  Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.

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