Psalms 104:39
He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Expandit nubem in protectionem eorum, et ignem ut luceret eis per noctem.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- διεπέτασεν νεφέλην εἰς σκέπην αὐτοῖς, καὶ πῦρ τοῦ φωτίσαι αὐτοῖς τὴν νύκτα·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 105:39
- פָּרַ֣שׂ עָנָ֣ן לְמָסָ֑ךְ וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ לְהָאִ֥יר לָֽיְלָה
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CV
29. He now proceedeth to the divine blessings which were conferred upon them as they wandered in the desert. “He spread out a cloud to be their covering: and fire to give them light in the night season” ( ver. 39 ). This is as clear as it is well known.