Psalms 107:10
Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
In Context
9For He hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled [with] goodness.
11Because they changed the saying of God, And the counsel of the Most High despised.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:11and Jehovah bringeth in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur hath, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with brazen fetters, and cause him to go to Babylon.
Job 36:8And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
Isaiah 9:2The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.
Lamentations 3:6In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
Matthew 4:16the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death — light arose to them.'
Luke 1:79To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:2-10
Exhortation to Celebrate God's Praises. 1 O give thanks unto the Lord , for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered… Read the whole commentary →