Ihave alwaays wondered.
Rock of ages cleff for me, let me hide myself in thee.
2006-10-01 17:04:03 · 12 answers · asked by Jacks036 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Exodus 33:17 And the LORD said to Moses, "This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name." 18 Moses said, "Please show me your glory." 19 And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live." 21 And the LORD said, "Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
It comes from this passage in the Bible if I'm not mistaken although as other's have pointed out the Rock is a reference to Jesus who covers us with his blood so that we can appear before our Holy God and not be destroyed because of our sins.
1 Corinthians 10:1 I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
Exodus 17:4 So Moses cried to the LORD, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me." 5 And the LORD said to Moses, "Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
2006-10-01 17:22:21 · answer #1 · answered by Martin S 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's "cleft for me." A cleft in a rock is a big crack (big enough to hide yourself in)
Of course, the Rock of Ages refers to Jesus.
By the way, it's one of my favorite hymns. They don't wright them like that any more.
2006-10-02 00:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by David S 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A clef in a rock is a split or hollow spot in the rock that you can get into to find shelter from the storm outside.
2006-10-02 00:12:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A cleft in a rock is an opening.
2006-10-02 00:06:58 · answer #4 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
cleaving is to join as one being, to refer to a rock as cleft is perhaps like the spirit sings, or greek myths of the sculptor bringing to life a stone statue..mostly a masons concept as hewn is of wood, but still as in reference to the Word or Jesus it is as a part of His being made for his beloveds..even as Eve was at least in part cleft from Adam..his rib.
Probably gaelic in origin as Gaelic remaining as spoken in Wales. was the original language of the British Isles..Irish and Scottish Gaelic are dialects but still gaelic. Kind of like texans and newyorkers accents etc.
2006-10-02 00:14:56 · answer #5 · answered by nan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cleft means to cleave or cut. Jesus (the Rock) was split (killed) for us, thay we can hide (from the wrath of God) in Him.
2006-10-02 00:07:47 · answer #6 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cleft for me. Carved out. There's a cave for shelter.
2006-10-02 00:10:52 · answer #7 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christ, he was the rock, he was broken for you, and you can hide in him from this cruel old world. He is the water and the blood.
2006-10-02 00:11:53 · answer #8 · answered by littlecwoman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Break open.
Meaning... Rock of ages ( Jesus being our Rock!)
cleft for me (open for me )
2006-10-02 00:08:51 · answer #9 · answered by GiGi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means the rock which the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone.
2006-10-02 00:06:33 · answer #10 · answered by oatie 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋