Psalms 107:20
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers [them] from their destructions.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
In Context
19Then they cry to LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
Cross References
Numbers 21:8And LORD said to Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard. And it shall come to pass, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.
2 Kings 20:5Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus says LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears. Behold, I will heal thee. On the third day thou shall go up to the house of LORD.
Job 33:24then [God] is gracious to him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.
Psalms 30:2O LORD my God, I cried to thee, and thou have healed me.
Psalms 30:4Sing praise to LORD, O ye sanctified of his, and give thanks to his holiness.
Psalms 56:13For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:18-23
The Divine Goodness towards the Afflicted. 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. 19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. 21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them… Read the whole commentary →