Psalms 107:5
They were hungry and thirsty, And their souls fainted within them.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
In Context
4They were wandering in the wilderness, in a desert, They found no way to a city to dwell in.
6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distress.
Cross References
Isaiah 44:12The smith prepareth an axe in the coals, And fashioneth it with hammers, And worketh it with his strong arm; He becometh hungry, and his strength faileth; He drinketh no water, and is faint.
Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry aloud in the night at the beginning of the watches! Pour out thy heart like water before the face of Jehovah! Lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy young children, That faint for hunger at the head of all the streets!
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 →