Psalms 107:35
He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
In Context
34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
36He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
Cross References
2 Kings 3:16and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’
Job 38:27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
Psalms 114:8who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
Isaiah 35:7The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
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 →