Psalms 107:40
Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
39Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.
41And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.
Cross References
Exodus 8:4And the frogs shall come in to thee and to thy people, and to all thy servants.
Exodus 8:24And the Lord did so. And there came a very grievous swarm of flies into he houses of Pharao and of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt: and the land was corrupted by this kind of flies.
Joshua 10:24And when they were Drought out to him, he called all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the army that were with him: Go, and set your feet on the necks of these kings. And when they had gone, and put their feet upon the necks of them lying under them,
Judges 4:21So Jahel Haber's wife took a nail of the tent, and taking also a hammer: and going in softly, and with silence, she put the nail upon the temples of his head, and striking it With the hammer, drove it through his brain fast into the ground: and so passing from deep sleep to death, he fainted away and died.
1 Samuel 6:4They answered: What is it we ought to render unto him for sin? and they answered:
2 Kings 9:35And when they went to bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the extremities of her hands.
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 →