Psalms 107:12
He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
In Context
11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
Cross References
Exodus 5:18Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
Judges 16:21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
2 Kings 6:26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
2 Kings 14:26For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
Job 9:13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
Psalms 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
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 →