Psalms 107:14
He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
In Context
13And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them.
15They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.
Cross References
Job 10:21Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
Job 15:30He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
Job 42:10And Jehovah hath turned [to] the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add [to] all that Job hath — to double.
Psalms 102:20To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
Psalms 107:10Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
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 →