Psalms 106:29
And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et statuit procellam ejus in auram, et siluerunt fluctus ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἔστησεν καταιγίδα αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐσίγησαν τὰ κύματα αὐτῆς·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 107:29
- יָקֵ֣ם סְ֭עָרָה לִדְמָמָ֑ה וַ֝יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ גַּלֵּיהֶֽם
Haydock's commentary
Breeze. Hebrew, "silence, or calm."
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
7. …“They who go down on the sea in ships, doing their business on the mighty waters” ( ver. 23 ); that is, amongst many peoples. For that waters are often put for peoples, the Apocalypse of John is witness, when on John’s asking what those waters were, it was answered him, they are peoples. They then who do their business on mighty waters, “they have seen the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep” ( ver. 24 ). For what is deeper than human hearts? hence often break forth winds; storms of sedition, and dissensions, disturb the ship. And what is done in them? God, willing that both they who steer, and they who are conveyed, should cry unto Him, “He spake, and the breath of the storm stood” ( ver. 25 ). What is, stood? Abode, continued, still disturbeth, long tosseth; rageth, and passeth not away. …