Psalms 107:12
And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
In Context
11Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High;
13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses;
Cross References
Exodus 5:18And now go work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.
Judges 16:21And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.
2 Kings 6:26And it came to pass as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him saying, Help, my lord O king!
2 Kings 14:26For Jehovah saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and that there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
Job 9:13God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
Psalms 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:11-17
The Divine Goodness towards Prisoners. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh… Read the whole commentary →