Psalms 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
In Context
13They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.
Cross References
Job 10:21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.
Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Job 42:10And the LORD changed the fortune of Job, when he prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Psalms 102:20(102-21) To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Psalms 107:10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and 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 →