Psalms 106:14
And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.
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The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et eduxit eos de tenebris et umbra mortis, et vincula eorum dirupit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ἐκ σκότους καὶ ἐκ σκιᾶς θανάτου, καὶ τοὺς δεσμοὺς αὐτῶν διέρρηξεν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 107:14
- יֽ֭וֹצִיאֵם מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת וּמוֹסְר֖וֹתֵיהֶ֣ם יְנַתֵּֽק
Haydock's commentary
Bonds. Of their passions. See St. Augustine, Conf. viii. 11. (Haydock)
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 Letter CLXIV
16. Those who have inferred from the words, “He preached to the spirits in prison,” that Peter held the opinion which perplexes you, seem to me to have been drawn to this interpretation by imagining that the term “spirits” could not be applied to designate souls which were at that time still in the bodies of men, and which, being shut up in the darkness of ignorance, were, so to speak, “in prison,”, a prison such as that from which the Psalmist sought deliverance in the prayer, “Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Thy name;” which is in another place called the “shadow of death,” from which deliverance was granted, not certainly in hell, but in this world, to those of whom it is written, “They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.” But to the men of Noah’s time the gospel was preached in vain, because they believed not when God’s long …
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. …