Psalms 105:41
And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et tradidit eos in manus gentium ; et dominati sunt eorum qui oderunt eos.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖρας ἐθνῶν, καὶ ἐκυρίευσαν αὐτῶν οἱ μισοῦντες αὐτούς·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 106:41
- וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם בְּיַד גּוֹיִ֑ם וַֽיִּמְשְׁל֥וּ בָ֝הֶ֗ם שֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CVI
30. “Insomuch that He abhorred His own inheritance; and He gave them over into the hand of the heathen: and they that hated them were lords over them” ( ver. 41 ): “and their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought low under their hands” ( ver. 42 ). Since he hath called them the inheritance of God, it is clear that He abhorred them, and gave them over into their enemies’ hands, not in order to their perdition, but for their discipline. Lastly, he saith, “Many a time did He deliver them.” “But they provoked Him with their own counsels” ( ver. 43 ). This is what he said above, “They did not abide His counsel.” Now a man’s counsel is pernicious to himself, when he seeketh those things which are his own only, not those which are God’s. …