Psalms 107:40
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
39So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow;
41But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock:—
Cross References
Exodus 8:4both against thee, and against thy people, and against all thy servants, shall come up the frogs.
Exodus 8:24And Yahweh did so, and brought a grievous gad-fly unto the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and in all the land of Egypt, and the land was laid waste by reason of the gad-fly.
Joshua 10:24And it came to pass, when they brought out these kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war who had been with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. So they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Judges 4:21Then took Jael, wife of Heber, the tent-pin, and put the mallet in her hand, and went in unto him, softly, and smote the tent-pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground,—he being fast asleep and shrouded in darkness, and he died.
1 Samuel 6:4And they said—What shall be the guilt-offering, that we shall return to him? And they said—By the number of the lords of the Philistines, five tumours of gold, and five mice of gold,—for, one plague, was on you all, and on your lords.
2 Kings 9:35So they went to bury her,—but found not of her—save the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
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 →