Psalms 107:35
He turns a desert into a pool of water,and a dry land into water springs.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
In Context
34and a fruitful land into a salt waste,for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
36There he makes the hungry live,that they may prepare a city to live in,
Cross References
2 Kings 3:16He said, "Thus says the Lord, 'Make this valley full of trenches.'
Job 38:27to satisfy the waste and desolate ground,to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
Psalms 114:8who turned the rock into a pool of water,the flint into a spring of waters.
Isaiah 35:7The burning sand will become a pool,and the thirsty ground springs of water.Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water upon the thirsty,and streams on the dry ground.I will pour my Spirit on your seed,and my blessing on your offspring:
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 →