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Selected Verse: Psalms 106:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 106:12 |
King James |
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| believed . . . his words--This is said not to praise the Israelites, but God, who constrained even so unbelieving a people momentarily to "believe" while in immediate view of His wonders, a faith which they immediately afterwards lost (Psa 106:13; Exo 14:31; Exo 15:1). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Then believed they his words - In immediate view of his interpositions in their behalf in conducting them through the Red Sea, and in the destruction of their enemies.
They sang his praise - In the song composed by Moses on the occasion of their deliverance. Exo. 15. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Then believed they - Just while the miracle was before their eyes. |
1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: