“He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:”
The result is abundant provision: "He rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the sea." The provision of quail (referred to metonymically as "meat" and "birds") is described in hyperbolic terms—like dust, like sand. The exaggeration emphasizes both the miracle of sudden provision and the abundance that exceeds mere necessity.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:27
1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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