Psalms 106:12
And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and there was none to help them.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et humiliatum est in laboribus cor eorum ; infirmati sunt, nec fuit qui adjuvaret.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐταπεινώθη ἐν κόποις ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν, ἠσθένησαν καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 107:12
- וַיַּכְנַ֣ע בֶּעָמָ֣ל לִבָּ֑ם כָּ֝שְׁל֗וּ וְאֵ֣ין עֹזֵֽר
Haydock's commentary
Labours. There were slaves of various descriptions: some were confined to hard labour, and chained down at night. (Calmet)
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 CVII
5. “Them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, fast bound in beggary and iron” ( ver. 10 ). Whence this, but that thou wast attributing things to thyself? that thou wast not owning the grace of God? that thou wast rejecting the counsel of God concerning thee? For see what He addeth: “Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord through pride” ( ver. 11 ), not knowing the righteousness of God, and wishing to establish their own, “and they were bitter against the counsel of the Most High.” “And their heart was brought low in labour” ( ver. 12 ). And now fight against lust; if God cease to aid thou mayest strive, thou canst not conquer. …