Psalms 74:15

Thou didst cleave... — Another pregnant expression for “thou didst cleave the rock, and a fountain came forth.”

Flood. — Better, brook. Heb., nâchal.

Mighty rivers. — See margin. But, perhaps, rather. rivers of constant flow, that did not dry up in summer like the “brooks.” The same word is used of the sea (Exodus 14:27), to express the return to the regular flow of the tide.

The verb “driest up” is that used (Joshua 2:10) of the Red Sea, and Joshua 4:23; Joshua 5:1 of the Jordan.