Psalms 107:20
He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
In Context
19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Cross References
Numbers 21:8Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
2 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
Job 33:24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
Psalms 30:2O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
Psalms 30:4Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
Psalms 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:18-23
The Divine Goodness towards the Afflicted. 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. 19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. 21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them… Read the whole commentary →