Psalms 107:39
They were also diminished and bowed low through oppression, misfortune, and sorrow:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
In Context
38He also blesseth them, and they multiply greatly, and he suffereth not their cattle to diminish.
40He [then] poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in a pathless wilderness.
Cross References
Genesis 45:11And I will maintain thee there; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass in this long time, that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their complaint came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Ruth 1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Na'omi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
2 Kings 4:8And it happened one day, that Elisha' passed over to Shunem, and there was a great woman, and she constrained him to eat bread; and it happened, that as oft as he passed by, he used to turn in thither to eat bread.
2 Kings 10:32In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Chazael smote them in all the boundary of Israel;
2 Kings 13:22But Chazael the king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoachaz.
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 →