Psalms 107:11
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
King James Version
In Context
10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
12Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
Psalms 68:6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Psalms 73:24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalms 106:7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
Psalms 113:7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
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 →