Psalms 107:40
He powreth contempt vpon princes, and causeth them to erre in desert places out of the way.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
39Againe men are diminished, and brought lowe by oppression, euill and sorowe.
41Yet he raiseth vp the poore out of miserie, and maketh him families like a flocke of sheepe.
Cross References
Exodus 8:4Yea, the frogges shall climbe vp vpon thee, and on thy people, and vpon all thy seruants.
Exodus 8:24And the Lord did so: for there came great swarmes of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his seruants houses, so that through all the lande of Egypt, the earth was corrupt by the swarmes of flies.
Joshua 10:24And when they had brought out those Kings vnto Ioshua, Ioshua called for all the men of Israel, and sayd vnto the chiefe of the men of warre, which went with him, Come neere, set your feete vpon the necks of these Kings: and they came neere and set their feete vpon their necks.
Judges 4:21Then Iael Hebers wife tooke a nayle of the tent, and tooke an hammer in her hande, and went softly vnto him, and smote the nayle into his temples, and fastened it into the grounde, (for he was fast a sleepe and weary) and so he dyed.
1 Samuel 6:4Then sayd they, What shalbe the sinne offring, which we shall giue vnto it? And they answered, Fiue golden emerods and fiue golden mise, according to the number of the princes of the Philistims: for one plague was on you all, and on your princes.
2 Kings 9:35And they went to burie her, but they foud no more of her, then the skull and the feete, and the palmes of her handes.
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 →