Psalms 106:18
Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Omnem escam abominata est anima eorum, et appropinquaverunt usque ad portas mortis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- πᾶν βρῶμα ἐβδελύξατο ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἤγγισαν ἕως τῶν πυλῶν τοῦ θανάτου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 107:18
- כָּל אֹ֭כֶל תְּתַעֵ֣ב נַפְשָׁ֑ם וַ֝יַּגִּ֗יעוּ עַד שַׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CVII
6. “Their soul abhorred all manner of meat” ( ver. 18 ). Now they suffer satiety. They are sick of satiety. They are in danger from satiety. Unless perchance thou thinkest they could be killed with famine, but cannot with satiety. See what followeth. When he had said, “Their soul abhorred all manner of meat,” lest thou shouldest think them, as it were, safe of their fulness, and not rather see that they would die of satiety: “And they came near,” he saith, “even unto the gates of death.” What then remaineth? That even when the word of God delighteth thee, thou account it not to thyself; nor for this be puffed up with any sort of arrogance, and having an appetite for food, proudly spurn at those who are in danger from satiety. “And they cried out unto the Lord when they were in trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses” ( ver. 19 ). …