Psalms 107:17
The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
In Context
16For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And, the bars of iron, he hewed asunder.
18All manner of food, their soul abhorreth, and so they draw near unto the gates of death,
Cross References
Numbers 11:33The flesh, was yet between their teeth, not yet chewed,—when the anger of Yahweh, had kindled upon the people, and Yahweh smote the people, with an exceeding great plague.
Numbers 21:5So then the people spake against God and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt, to die in the desert? for there is neither bread nor water, and our soul, doth loathe this contemptible bread!
Psalms 38:1O Yahweh, do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me;
Psalms 38:6I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
Proverbs 7:22Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.
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 →