Psalms 107:10
[even] those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
In Context
9For he satisfies the longing soul, and he fills the hungry soul with good,
11because they rebelled against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the Most High.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:11Therefore LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Job 36:8And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of afflictions,
Isaiah 9:2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light has shone.
Lamentations 3:6He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those who have long been dead.
Matthew 4:16the people who dwell in darkness saw a great light, and to those who dwell in the region and shadow of death, light sprang up to them.
Luke 1:79to give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into a way of peace.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:2-10
Exhortation to Celebrate God's Praises. 1 O give thanks unto the Lord , for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered… Read the whole commentary →