Psalms 107:16
For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
In Context
15Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
17Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
Cross References
Judges 16:3Samson lay until midnight, then arose at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, with the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
Isaiah 45:2“I will go before you and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of bronze in pieces and cut apart the bars of iron.
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 →