Psalms 107:39
Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
In Context
40He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
Cross References
Genesis 45:11And there will I nourish thee, for there are yet five years of famine, lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou have.
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Ruth 1:20And she said to them, Call me not Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
2 Kings 4:8And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem where there was a prominent woman. And she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by he turned in there to eat bread.
2 Kings 10:32In those days LORD began to cut off from Israel. And Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel,
2 Kings 13:22And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
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 →