Psalms 107:5
Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
In Context
4They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.
Cross References
Exodus 17:3And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?
1 Samuel 30:11And in the fields they saw an Egyptian whom they took to David, and they gave him bread, and he had a meal, and they gave him water for drink;
Isaiah 44:12The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.
Lamentations 2:19Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.
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 →