Psalms 107:39

Psalms 107:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
• New International Version (NIV)Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
• English Standard Version (ESV)When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
• New King James Version (NKJV)When they are diminished and brought low Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow,

Context of Psalms 107:39

37They plant crops in their fields, and they plant vines to grow grapes. They have plenty of food to eat. 38He blesses them, so that they have many children. Their animals also grow in number. But they may become weak and few in number, because of cruel enemies who give them trouble. 40Then God causes the enemy's leaders to become ashamed. He makes them travel on roads that go nowhere. 41But for people who are poor and weak, he rescues them from their trouble. He gives them many children, so that they have big families.

Psalms 107:39 word by word

וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּ וַיָּשֹׁ֑חוּ מֵעֹ֖צֶר רָעָ֣ה וְיָגֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Again, they are minishedמָעַטmâ‛aţ · to diminishH4591
• and brought lowשָׁחַחshâchach · to bowH7817
• through oppressionעֹ֫צֶר‛ôtser · coercionH6115
• afflictionרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• and sorrowיָגוֹןyâgôn · sorrowH3015

Cross-references for Psalms 107:39

• Psalms 30:6When I was feeling safe and strong, I thought, ‘Nothing can ever destroy me.’
• Genesis 45:11I will take care of you there. I will give food to you, because there will be five more years of famine. If you do not come here, you and all your family and servants will become very poor.” ’
• Ruth 1:20Naomi said to them, ‘Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara, instead. The Almighty God has made my life very sad.
• 1 Samuel 2:5People who had plenty of food to eat have to work for it now. But the people who were hungry have enough food now. Women who could not have any children have now given birth to seven children. But those who had many children are now alone.
• 2 Kings 4:8One day, Elisha went to Shunem. A rich woman lived there. She asked Elisha to eat a meal with her family. So every time that he went near her house, he stopped there to eat a meal.
• 2 Kings 8:3After seven years, she came back from there. She went to the king to ask for her house and her land.
• Job 1:10You do not let any bad things happen to him. You keep him, his family and all his things safe. You have given him success with everything that he does. His many farm animals are everywhere!
• Exodus 1:13So the Egyptians made the Israelites work without any rest.
• Exodus 2:23After a long time had passed, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites were still slaves of the Egyptians. That made them very sad and they complained loudly. God heard them when they cried for help.
• Judges 6:3When they planted seeds to grow food, their enemies would attack them. The Midianites, Amalekites and people from the east would come to rob them.
• 2 Kings 10:32In those days, the Lord began to make Israel's land smaller. King Hazael of Syria could attack the Israelites anywhere in their land
• 2 Kings 13:7The king of Syria had destroyed most of Jehoahaz's army. All that remained were: 50 soldiers that rode horses. 10 chariots. 10,000 other soldiers. The king of Syria completely destroyed all the rest of the army. Only dust remained!
• 2 Kings 14:26Everyone in Israel had a lot of trouble and pain, whoever they were. There was no leader who could rescue them. The Lord had seen this, so he helped Jeroboam.
• 2 Chronicles 15:5At that time it was not safe to travel very far. There was too much trouble among the people of other countries.
• Jeremiah 51:33The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this: Babylon is like a threshing floor that is ready for people to stamp on wheat. The harvest time will soon come! Then the enemy will cut down Babylon, and they will stamp all over it!’

Commentaries on Psalms 107:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39Again, they are minished - Sometimes by war, or pestilence, or famine. How minished and brought low was the country already spoken of, by the long and destructive war which began in 1775, and was not ended till 1783! And what desolations, minishings, and ruin have been brought on the fertile empires of Europe by the war which commenced in 1792, and did not end till 1814! And how many millions of lives have been sacrificed in it, and souls sent unprepared…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Again, they are minished … - literally, “And they are made to decrease.” That is - all is in the hand of God. He rules and directs all things. If there is prosperity, it comes from him; if there are reverses, they occur under his hand. People are not always prosperous. There are changes, misfortunes, disappointments, sorrows. God so deals with the race as in the bests manner to secure the recognition of himself: not always sending prosperity, lest people…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. 39People often become poor when their leaders are oppressive.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

In the dictionaries

• Contemn
• Poetry
• Raise
• Reel
• Minish
• Psalms, Book of
• Ships and Boats
• Text of the Old Testament
• Wisdom

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