Psalms 107:12
That is why their bodies were worn out from hard labor; when they fell down, there was no one who would help them.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
In Context
13In their troubles, they called out to Yahweh, and he rescued them from their being distressed.
Cross References
Exodus 5:18So go and get back to work! We are not going to give you any straw, but you must keep making the same number of bricks!”
Judges 16:21So the Philistine men seized him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza. There they put him in prison and bound him with bronze chains. They made him turn a millstone to grind grain every day.
2 Kings 6:26One day when the king of Israel was walking on top of the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Your Majesty, help me!”
2 Kings 14:26That happened because Yahweh saw that the Israelis’ enemies were causing the Israelis to suffer very much. And there was absolutely no one [IDM] who would help them.
Job 9:13God will not very easily stop being angry; he defeated [MTY] those who tried to help Rahab, the great sea monster.
Psalms 22:11So, ◄do not stay far from/stay close to► [LIT] me now because enemies who will cause me much trouble are near me, and there is no one else who can help me.
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 →