God’s Word Translation
Psalms 107:41
41But now he lifts needy people high above suffering and makes their families like flocks.
Psalms 107:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
- New International Version (NIV)But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
- English Standard Version (ESV)but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, And makes their families like a flock.
Context of Psalms 107:41
39They became few in number and were humiliated because of oppression, disaster, and sorrow. 40He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert. But now he lifts needy people high above suffering and makes their families like flocks. 42Decent people will see this and rejoice, but all the wicked people will shut their mouths. 43Let those who ⌞think⌟ they are wise pay attention to these things so that they may understand the Lord’s blessings.
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וַיְשַׂגֵּ֣ב אֶבְי֣וֹן מֵע֑וֹנִי וַיָּ֥שֶׂם כַּ֝צֹּ֗אן מִשְׁפָּחֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:41
- Psalms 113:7He lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.
- Ruth 4:14The women said to Naomi, “Praise the Lord, who has remembered today to give you someone who will take care of you. The child’s name will be famous in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from the trash heap in order to make them sit with nobles and even to make them inherit a glorious throne. “The pillars of the earth are the Lord’s. He has set the world on them.
- Esther 8:15Mordecai went out from the presence of the king wearing the royal violet and white robe, a large gold crown, and a purple outer robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa cheered and rejoiced.
- Job 5:11He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety.
- Job 8:7Then what you had in the past will seem small compared with the great prosperity you’ll have in the future.
- Job 11:15Then you will be able to show your face without being ashamed, and you will be secure and unafraid.
- Job 42:10After Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored Job’s prosperity and gave him twice as much ⌞as he had before⌟.
- Jeremiah 52:31On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the imprisonment of King Jehoiakin of Judah, King Evil Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, freed King Jehoiakin of Judah and released him from prison.
- James 5:11We consider those who endure to be blessed. You have heard about Job’s endurance. You saw that the Lord ended Job’s suffering because the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
- Psalms 78:52But he led his own people out like sheep and guided them like a flock through the wilderness.
- Psalms 128:6May you live to see your children’s children. Let there be peace in Israel!
- Genesis 23:5The Hittites answered Abraham,
- Genesis 48:11Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see you again, and now God has even let me see your sons.”
- 1 Samuel 2:21The Lord came to Hannah. She became pregnant ⌞five times⌟ and had three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in front of the Lord.
- Job 21:11They send their little children out ⌞to play⌟ like a flock of lambs, and their children dance around.
Commentaries on Psalms 107:41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41Yet setteth he the poor on high - This probably refers to the case of the Israelites and their restoration from captivity. But these are incidents which frequently occur, and mark the superintendence of a benign Providence, and the hand of a just God; and are applicable to a multitude of cases.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction - Margin, “after.” The sense is not materially different. The idea is, that while he thus humbles princes, bringing them down from their lofty position, he has respect to the poor in their condition of suffering and trial, and raises them from that depressed state, and gives them prosperity. Thus he orders the circumstances of people, and shows his sovereignty. And maketh him families like flock - Numerous…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. 41The large families of the poor are evidence of God’s blessing.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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