Psalms 107:16

For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

In Context

15Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

17Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities —

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Cross References

Judges 16:3And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of 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 →

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