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Psalm 114:8

who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.

6You mountains, that you skipped like rams? You little hills, like lambs?
7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
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Flint becomes a spring at God's command, a startling change that joins awe at his rule over the earth with gratitude for water his people could drink.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 107:35He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.Both passages describe God turning places without water into pools and springs.
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 recounts water coming from the rock at Horeb for the people to drink, the provision Psalm 114 celebrates.
Deuteronomy 8:15who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for …Both passages name flint as the rock from which God brought water, with Deuteronomy recalling the thirsty wilderness.
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 coming from rock; Numbers records the congregation and their livestock drinking it.
Psalm 105:41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.Both psalms celebrate God's provision of water from rock, describing springs in one and a river in the other.
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.The psalm names water from rock; Paul speaks of spiritual drink and identifies the spiritual rock as Christ.
Psalm 78:15He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.Both psalms recall God bringing water from rocks, with Psalm 78 naming the wilderness and the abundance of drink.
Nehemiah 9:15and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to …Both passages recall God bringing water from rock; Nehemiah names the thirst this provision met.
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 …Numbers records God's command for water to come from the rock, while the psalm praises his power to bring it.
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Praise and worship. gratitude.

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Read Psalm 114:8 alongside Exodus 17:6

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Encouragement

The God before whom the earth trembles brought water from hard rock. His power reached into the thirst of his people and supplied what they needed to drink.

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