Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 107:40
40he pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
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 blesses them, and they multiply greatly; he does not let their livestock decrease. 39When they are diminished and are humbled by cruel oppression and sorrow, he pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. 41But he lifts the needy out of their suffering and makes their families multiply like flocks. 42The upright see it and rejoice, and all injustice shuts its mouth.
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:40 word by word
שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־נְדִיבִ֑ים וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣הוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:40
- Job 12:21He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the strong.
- Isaiah 23:8Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?
- Psalms 78:66He beat back his foes; he gave them lasting disgrace.
- Exodus 8:3The Nile will swarm with frogs; they will come up and go into your palace, into your bedroom and on your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
- Joshua 10:24When they had brought the kings to him, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the military commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.
- Judges 1:6When Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
- Judges 4:21While he was sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife, Jael, took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She hammered the peg into his temple and drove it into the ground, and he died.
- 1 Samuel 5:9After they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against the city of Gath, causing a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, from the youngest to the oldest, with an outbreak of tumors.
- 1 Samuel 6:4They asked, “What guilt offering should we send back to him?” And they answered, “Five gold tumors and five gold mice corresponding to the number of Philistine rulers, since there was one plague for both you and your rulers.
- 1 Kings 21:19Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered and also taken possession? ’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick up your blood!’”
- 2 Kings 9:35But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but the skull, the feet, and the hands.
- Daniel 4:33At that moment the message against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky, until his hair grew like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
- Daniel 5:5At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
- Acts 12:23At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- Revelation 19:18so that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of military commanders, the flesh of the mighty, the flesh of horses and of their riders, and the flesh of everyone, both free and slave, small and great.”
- Psalms 107:4Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live.
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
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