Psalms 106:7
And he led them into the right way: that they might go to a city of habitation.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et deduxit eos in viam rectam, ut irent in civitatem habitationis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτοὺς εἰς ὁδὸν εὐθεῖαν τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς πόλιν κατοικητηρίου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 107:7
- וַ֭יַּֽדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יְשָׁרָ֑ה לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת אֶל עִ֥יר מוֹשָֽׁב
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CVII
4. “They wandered in the wilderness, in a dry place, they found not the way of a city to dwell in” ( ver. 4 ). We have heard a wretched wandering; what of want? “Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them” ( ver. 5 ). But wherefore did it faint? for what good? For God is not cruel, but He maketh Himself known, in that it is expedient for us, that He be entreated by us fainting, and that aiding us He be loved. And therefore after this wandering, and hunger, and thirst, “And they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distress” ( ver. 6 ). And what did He for them, as they were wandering? “And He led them in the right way” ( ver. 7 ). …