Psalms 107:5
They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
In Context
4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
Cross References
Exodus 17:3But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
1 Samuel 30:11Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
Isaiah 44:12The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:2-10
Exhortation to Celebrate God's Praises. 1 O give thanks unto the Lord , for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered… Read the whole commentary →