Psalms 107:9
For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
In Context
8Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.
Cross References
Psalms 22:26With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
Psalms 34:11The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.
Psalms 146:7They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in thy justice.
Jeremiah 31:14And I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness: and my people shall be filled with my good things, saith the Lord.
Matthew 5:6Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
Revelation 7:16They shall no more hunger nor thirst, neither shall the sun fall on them, nor any heat.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:2-10
Exhortation to Celebrate God's Praises. 1 O give thanks unto the Lord , for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered… Read the whole commentary →