Psalms 107:16
Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst the iron bars.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
In Context
15Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
17He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.
Cross References
Judges 16:3But Samson slept till midnight, and then rising he took both the doors of the gate, with the posts thereof, and the bolt, and laying them on his shoulders, carried them up to the top of the hill, which looketh towards Hebron.
Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.
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 →