King James Version
Psalms 106:12 in the King James Version says “Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 106 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.”
Psalms 106:12 · KJV
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: They soon: Heb. They made haste, they forgat
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. lusted: Heb. lusted a lust
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then believed”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
“they his words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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