The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 77:17

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The clouds poured out water. The description here becomes more poetical than historical, unless, indeed, we may suppose that the writer possessed, besides what is said in Exodus, some traditional account of the passage.

The skies sent out a sound; or, "uttered a voice"—the voice of the thunder, beyond a doubt (compare next verse). Thine arrows also went abroad; i.e. lightnings darted hither and thither (see Psalms 18:14; 2 Samuel 22:15).

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