Psalms 78:16

78:16 He caused streams to flow from the rock,

and made the water flow like rivers.

Psalms 107:33

107:33 He turned ¹  streams into a desert,

springs of water into arid land,

Psalms 124:5

124:5 The raging water

would have overwhelmed us. ² 

[107:33]  ¹ tn The verbal form appears to be a preterite, which is most naturally taken as narrational. (The use of prefixed forms with vav [ו] consecutive in vv. 36-37 favor this.) The psalmist may return to the theme of God’s intervention for the exiles (see vv. 4-22, especially vv. 4-9). However, many regard vv. 33-41 as a hymnic description which generalizes about God’s activities among men. In this case it would be preferable to use the English present tense throughout (cf. NEB, NRSV).

[124:5]  ¹ tn Heb “then they would have passed over our being, the raging waters.”