Psalms 107:39
Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
In Context
40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
Cross References
Genesis 45:11and there will I sustain thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Ruth 1:20And she said unto them: 'Call me not Naomi, call me Marah; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
2 Kings 4:8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
2 Kings 10:32In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short; and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel:
2 Kings 13:22And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
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 →