Psalms 107:16
For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
In Context
15They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.
17Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.
Cross References
Judges 16:3And Samson lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which [is] on the front of Hebron.
Isaiah 45:2'I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder,
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 →