God’s Word Translation
Psalms 107:20
20He sent his message and healed them. He rescued them from the grave.
Psalms 107:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
- New International Version (NIV)He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.
Context of Psalms 107:20
18All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death’s gates. 19In their distress they cried out to the Lord. He saved them from their troubles. He sent his message and healed them. He rescued them from the grave. 21Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants. 22Let them bring songs of thanksgiving as their sacrifice. Let them tell in joyful songs what he has done.
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:20 word by word
יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּ֭בָרוֹ וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑ם וִֽ֝ימַלֵּ֗ט מִשְּׁחִיתוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:20
- Psalms 147:15He is the one who sends his promise throughout the earth. His word travels with great speed.
- 2 Kings 20:4Isaiah hadn’t gone as far as the middle courtyard when the Lord spoke his word to him:
- Matthew 8:8The officer responded, “Sir, I don’t deserve to have you come into my house. But just give a command, and my servant will be healed.
- Psalms 30:2O Lord my God, I cried out to you for help, and you healed me.
- Psalms 103:3He is the one who forgives all your sins, the one who heals all your diseases,
- Psalms 147:3He is the healer of the brokenhearted. He is the one who bandages their wounds.
- Numbers 21:8The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake, and put it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.”
- Job 33:23“If they have a messenger for them, a spokesman, one in a thousand, to tell people what is right for them,
- Psalms 49:15But God will buy me back from the power of hell because he will take me. Selah
- Psalms 56:13You have rescued me from death. You have kept my feet from stumbling so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.
- Job 33:28The messenger has freed my soul from going into the pit, and my life will see the light.’
Commentaries on Psalms 107:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20He sent his word, and healed them - He spoke: "Be thou clean, be thou whole;" and immediately the disease departed; and thus they were delivered from the destructions that awaited them.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20He sent his word, and healed them - He did it by a word; it was necessary for him merely to give a command, and the disease left them. So it was in the life of the Saviour, who often healed the sick by a “word” Matthew 8:8; Luke 7:7; and so now restoration from disease often seems to be accomplished as if some word had been spoken by one who had power, commanding the disease to depart. In all cases, also, whatever means may be used, healing power comes…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 If we knew no sin, we should know no sickness. Sinners are fools. They hurt their bodily health by intemperance, and endanger their lives by indulging their appetites. This their way is their folly. The weakness of the body is the effect of sickness. It is by the power and mercy of God that we are recovered from sickness, and it is our duty to be thankful. All Christ's miraculous cures were emblems of his healing diseases of the soul. It is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20The Lord creates (Genesis 1:3) and sustains the universe (Hebrews 1:3) simply by speaking (Psalm 147:18). When God speaks, people are also healed (Matthew 8:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2217-22. Whether the same or not, this exigency illustrates that dispensation of God according to which sin brings its own punishment. are afflicted--literally, "afflict themselves," that is, bring on disease, denoted by loathing of food, and drawingRead 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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