Psalms 107:40

Psalms 107:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
• New International Version (NIV)he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;

Context of Psalms 107:40

38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. 41Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock. 42The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Psalms 107:40 word by word

שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־נְדִיבִ֑ים וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣הוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

• contemptבּוּזbûz · contemptH937
• wanderתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870

Cross-references for Psalms 107:40

• Job 12:21He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
• Isaiah 23:8Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
• Psalms 78:66And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.
• Exodus 8:3and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs:
• Joshua 10:24And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
• Judges 1:6But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
• Judges 4:21Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
• 1 Samuel 5:9And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great discomfiture: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors brake out upon them.
• 1 Samuel 6:4Then said they, What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
• 1 Kings 21:19And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
• 2 Kings 9:35And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
• Daniel 4:33The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
• Daniel 5:5In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
• Acts 12:23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
• Revelation 19:18that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit thereon, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, and small and great.
• Psalms 107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.

Commentaries on Psalms 107:40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40He poureth contempt upon princes - How many have lately been raised from nothing, and set upon thrones! And how many have been cast down from thrones, and reduced to nothing! And where are now those mighty troublers of the earth? On both sides they are in general gone to give an account of themselves to God. And what an account! Where there is no way - Who can consider the fate of the late emperor of the French, Napoleon, without seeing the hand of God in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40He poureth contempt upon princes - He treats them as if they were common people; he pays no regard in his providence to their station and rank. They are subjected to the same needs as others; they meet with reverses like others; they become captives like others; they sicken and die like others; they are laid in the grave like others; and, with the same offensiveness, they turn back to dust. Between monarchs and their subjects, masters and their slaves…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-43Verses 33-43 What surprising changes are often made in the affairs of men! Let the present desolate state of Judea, and of other countries, explain this. If we look abroad in the world, we see many greatly increase, whose beginning was small. We see many who have thus suddenly risen, as suddenly brought to nothing. Worldly wealth is uncertain; often those who are filled with it, ere they are aware, lose it again. God has many ways of making men poor. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40The Lord rejects human rulers who act unjustly. He corrects their wrongdoing and brings justice on the earth.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-4133-41. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, &c.--God's providence is illustriously displayed in His influence on two great elements of human prosperity, the earth's productiveness and the powers of government. He punishes the wicked by destroying the sources of fertility, or, in mercy, gives fruitfulness to deserts, which become the homes of a busy and successful agricultural population. By a permitted misrule and tyranny, this scene of prosperity is…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 107

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings