Psalms 106:35
He hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into water springs.
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The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Posuit desertum in stagna aquarum, et terram sine aqua in exitus aquarum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἔθετο ἔρημον εἰς λιμένας ὑδάτων,
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 107:35
- יָשֵׂ֣ם מִ֭דְבָּר לַֽאֲגַם מַ֑יִם וְאֶ֥רֶץ צִ֝יָּ֗ה לְמֹצָ֥אֵי מָֽיִם
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CVII
“He made the rivers a wilderness” ( ver. 33 ). Waters did run there, prophecies were in course. Seek now a prophet among the Jews; thou findest none. For “He made the outgoings of waters to be thirst.” Let them say, “Now there is no prophet more, and He will not know us any more.” “A fruitful land to be saltpools” ( ver. 34 ). Thou seekest there the faith of Christ, thou findest not: thou seekest a prophet, thou findest not: thou seekest a sacrifice, thou findest not: thou seekest a temple, thou findest none. Wherefore this? “From the wickedness of them that dwell therein.” Behold how He resisteth the proud: hear how He giveth grace to the humble. “He made the wilderness to be a standing water, and the dry ground to be outgoings of waters” ( ver. 35 ). “And He caused the hungry to dwell there” ( ver. 36 ). …
The Fathers are given as they wrote. Where a passage lays the Passion on the Jewish people, the Church teaches that it cannot be charged against all the Jews then living, nor against the Jews of today, and that all sinners were its authors (CCC 597, 598).