Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
The verse recalls the power that cleft open fountain and flood to bring forth springs and streams, and that dried up mighty rivers. Those openings of water and dryings of rivers are remembered as proofs of power to deliver. The surrounding psalm is a prophecy that the sanctuary was destroyed by fire and burned to the ground. That destruction is exactly parallel to the prophecy of Daniel 9 and was fulfilled in the same event.
The verse recalls the power that cleft open fountain and flood to bring forth springs and streams, and that dried up mighty rivers. Those openings of water and dryings of rivers are remembered as proofs of power to deliver. The surrounding psalm is a prophecy that the sanctuary was destroyed by fire and burned to the ground. That destruction is exactly parallel to the prophecy of Daniel 9 and was fulfilled in the same event.