Psalms 107:35
He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
In Context
34a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
36And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation,
Cross References
2 Kings 3:16And he said, Thus says LORD, Make this valley full of trenches.
Job 38:27to satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
Psalms 114:8who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Isaiah 35:7And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. In the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:34-43
Wonders of Divine Providence. 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. 36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and… Read the whole commentary →