Psalms 107:38
And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
37And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.
39Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Genesis 17:20And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 31:9And God hath taken your father's substance, and given it to me.
Exodus 1:12But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased:
Exodus 12:38And a mixed multitude without number went up also with them, sheep and herds and beasts of divers kinds, exceeding many.
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 →