Psalms 107:14
He bringeth them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and teareth their bands asunder.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
In Context
13But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress, he saveth them out of their afflictions;
Cross References
Job 10:21Before I go, and return not, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
Job 15:30He will never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.
Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, that she may shine in the light of life.
Job 42:10And the Lord brought back the captivity of Job, when he prayed in behalf of his friends; and the Lord increased all that Job had had twofold.
Psalms 102:20(102:21) To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loosen those that are doomed to death:
Psalms 107:10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in misery and [fetters 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 →