Psalm 106:12
 Psalm 106:12 
New International Version (©2011)
Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then his people believed his promises. Then they sang his praise.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then they believed his word and sung his praise.

NET Bible (©2006)
They believed his promises; they sang praises to him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
They believed his words and sang his praises.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then our ancestors believed what he said. They sang his praise.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

American King James Version
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

American Standard Version
Then believed they his words; They sang his praise.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.

Darby Bible Translation
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

English Revised Version
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.

World English Bible
Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.

Young's Literal Translation
And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

106:6-12 Here begins a confession of sin; for we must acknowledge that the Lord has done right, and we have done wickedly. We are encouraged to hope that though justly corrected, yet we shall not be utterly forsaken. God's afflicted people own themselves guilty before him. God is distrusted because his favours are not remembered. If he did not save us for his own name's sake, and to the praise of his power and grace, we should all perish.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 12. - Then believed they his words. So in Exodus 14:31, "The people feared the Lord and believed the Lord" - believed, that is, when they could no longer disbelieve. They sang his praise. The allusion is to the "Song of Moses" (Exodus 15:1-18), in which the Israelites generally joined (Exodus 15:1, 20).


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then believed they his words,.... And not till then; for this is observed, not to their commendation, but to show the slowness of their hearts to believe; they believed on sight, but not before, as Thomas did; whereas, "blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed", John 20:29. When they saw the Egyptians dead on the sea shore, then they believed the Lord, and his servant Moses; what he said by his servant Moses, that he would save them from the Egyptians, whom they should see no more, that is, alive, Exodus 14:13. The Targum is,

"and they believed in the name of his Word.''

They sang his praise; Moses with the men, and Miriam with the women; the song is recorded Exodus 15:1 and thus when the people of God have got the victory over the antichristian beast, they will stand on a sea of glass and sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb, Revelation 15:2.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

12. 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 (Ps 106:13; Ex 14:31; 15:1).


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Give Thanks to the Lord, for He is Good
11And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. 12Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 13They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel: …

Exodus 14:31 And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the LORD displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.
Exodus 15:1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: "I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.
2 Chronicles 29:30 King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
Psalm 105:43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;