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Psalm 105:41

He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

39He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
43He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
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Water gushing from a rock and running through dry ground can awaken wonder at God's provision where the landscape offers no sign of it.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 43:19Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.Both passages describe God making rivers flow in dry places; Isaiah speaks of a promised act, while the psalm recounts provision.
Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so …Exodus describes water coming from the rock at Horeb for the people to drink, the provision celebrated in the psalm.
1 Corinthians 10:4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.Both passages connect a rock with provision of water; Paul identifies the spiritual rock from which the people drank as Christ.
Psalm 78:15He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.Both psalms recount God opening rock in the wilderness and providing a great supply of water.
Numbers 20:11Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.Both passages describe water pouring from rock; Numbers records Moses striking it and the congregation and livestock drinking.
Psalm 114:8who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.Both psalms praise God's work of bringing water from rock, describing a source of water where there was stone.
Isaiah 48:21They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed …Both passages recount God splitting rock so that water gushed out for his people in dry country.
Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.Both passages describe God's provision of flowing water in dry land, with Isaiah expressing it as a promise.
Habakkuk 3:9You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.Both passages speak of God opening or splitting the earth and of rivers, though Habakkuk's setting includes weapons.
Psalm 74:15You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.Both psalms describe God opening sources of flowing water; Psalm 74 also speaks of his drying up rivers.
Numbers 20:8“Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour out its water. You shall bring …Both passages concern water brought out of rock; Numbers records God's command to provide drink for the congregation and livestock.
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Encouragement

The dry ground was real, and so was the water. This account gives you a concrete act to remember: God opened the rock and provided water for his people.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).