Psalms 107:20
He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
In Context
19And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
21Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
Cross References
Numbers 21:8And the Lord said to him: Make brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live.
2 Kings 20:5Go back, and tell Ezechias the captain of my people: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, and I have seen thy tears: and behold I have healed thee; on the third day thou shalt go up to the temple of the Lord.
Job 33:24He shall have mercy on him, and shall say : Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption : I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.
Psalms 30:2I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
Psalms 30:4Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 56:13Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:18-23
The Divine Goodness towards the Afflicted. 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. 19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. 21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them… Read the whole commentary →