Psalms 77 · Verse 20

Psalms 77:20

Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Psalms 77:20, King James Version

Psalms 77:20 in other translations

BSBYou led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
WEBYou led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
ASVThou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
YLTThou hast led as a flock Thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron!
DARBYThou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
BBEYou were guiding your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
WebsterThou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

What does Psalms 77:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 77:14-20

14-20. Illustrations of God's power in His special interventions for His people (Ex 14:1-31), and, in the more common, but sublime, control of nature (Psa 22:11-14; Ha 3:14) which may have attended those miraculous events (Ex 14:24).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock - This may refer to the pillar of cloud and fire. It went before them, and they followed it. So, in the eastern countries, the shepherd does not drape, but leads, his flock. He goes before them to find them pasture, and they regularly follow him. By the hand of Moses and Aaron - They were God's agents; and acted, in civil and sacred things, just as directed by the Most High.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 77:11-20

The remembrance of the works of God, will be a powerful remedy against distrust of his promise and goodness; for he is God, and changes not. God's way is in the sanctuary. We are sure that God is holy in all his works. God's ways are like the deep waters, which cannot be fathomed; like the way of a ship, which cannot be tracked. God brought Israel out of Egypt. This was typical of the great redemption to be wrought…

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Psalms 77:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נָחִ֣יתָna.Chi.tayou ledH5148
כַצֹּ֣אןkha.Tzonlike <the> flockH6629
עַמֶּ֑ךָ'a.Me.khapeople yourH5971
בְּֽיַד\־be.yad-by [the] hand ofH3027
מֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאַהֲרֹֽן\׃ve.'a.ha.Ronand AaronH175

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 77:20

  • Exodus 13:21

    And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

  • Psalms 78:52

    But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

  • Exodus 14:19

    And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

  • Isaiah 63:11-12

    Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

  • Psalms 80:1

    To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

  • Hosea 12:13

    And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

  • Acts 7:35-36

    This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
78:52; 80:1; Ex 13:21; 14:19; Isa 63:11,12; Ho 12:13; Ac 7:35,36

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 77:19

    Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

  • Psalms 77:20

    Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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Psalms 77:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Condujiste á tu pueblo como ovejas, por mano de Moisés y de Aarón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ta voie est dans la mer, et tes sentiers dans les grandes eaux; et tes traces ne sont pas connues.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du hast dein Volk geleitet wie eine Herde durch die Hand Moses und Aarons.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quoniam percussit petram, et fluxerunt aquæ, et torrentes inundaverunt. Numquid et panem poterit dare, aut parare mensam populo suo?