Psalms 105:12
And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et crediderunt verbis ejus, et laudaverunt laudem ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐπίστευσαν ἐν τοῖς λόγοις αὐτοῦ, καὶ ᾔνεσαν τὴν αἴνεσιν αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 106:12
- וַיַּאֲמִ֥ינוּ בִדְבָרָ֑יו יָ֝שִׁ֗ירוּ תְּהִלָּתֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Words. And Moses his servant, Exodus xiv. 31., and xv. 1.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CVI
10. “Then believed they in His words” ( ver. 12 ). The expression seemeth barely Latin, for he saith not “believed His word,” or “on His words,” but “in His words;” yet it is very frequent in Scripture. “And praised praise unto Him;” such an expression as when we say, “This servitude he served,” “such a life he lived.” He is here alluding to that well-known hymn, commencing, “I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and the rider hath He thrown into the sea.”
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CVI
12. Lastly, “And they lusted a lust in the wilderness, and they tempted God in the dry land” ( ver. 14 ). The “dry land,” or land without water, and “desert,” are the same: so also are, “they lusted a lust,” and, “they tempted God.” The form of speech is the same as above, “they praised a praise.”
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CVI
17. “And they made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the graven image” ( ver. 19 ). “Thus they changed their glory, in the similitude of a calf that eateth hay” ( ver. 20 ). He saith not “into” the likeness, but “in” the likeness. It is such a form of speech as where he said “and they believed in His words.” With great effect in truth he saith not, they changed the glory of God when they did this; as the Apostle also saith, “They changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man:” but “their glory.” For God was their glory, if they would abide His counsel, and hasten not.…