Psalms 135:13
Who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui divisit mare Rubrum in divisiones, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τῷ καταδιελόντι τὴν ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν εἰς διαιρέσεις, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 136:13
- לְגֹזֵ֣ר יַם ס֭וּף לִגְזָרִ֑ים כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Parts. Two, not twelve, as the Rabbins pretend, (Berthier) and as Origen, &c., seem to allow, Exodus xiv. 22.
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 CXXXVI
9. “Who brought out Israel from the midst of them” ( ver. 11 ). He brought out also His saints and faithful ones from the midst of the wicked. “With a mighty Hand and stretched-out Arm” ( ver. 12 ). What more powerful, what more out-stretched, than that of which is said “To whom is the Arm of the Lord revealed?” “Who divided the Red Sea in two parts” ( ver. 13 ). He divided also in such wise, that the same baptism should be to some unto life, to others unto death. “And brought out Israel through the midst of it” ( ver. 14 ). So too He brings out His renewed people through the laver of regeneration. “And overthrew Pharaoh and his power in the Red Sea” ( ver. 15 ). He quickly destroyeth both the sin of His people and the guilt thereof by baptism. “Who led His people through the wilderness” ( ver. 16 ). …