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

37And sow fields and plant vineyards, And gather a fruitful harvest. 38He also blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease. When they become few and lowly Because of oppression, misery, and sorrow, 40He pours contempt upon noblemen And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland. 41But He sets the needy securely on high, away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock.

Psalms 107:39 word by word

וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּ וַיָּשֹׁ֑חוּ מֵעֹ֖צֶר רָעָ֣ה וְיָגֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

• becomeמָעַטmâ‛aţ · to diminishH4591
• lowlyשָׁחַחshâchach · to bowH7817
• Becauseמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• of oppressionעֹ֫צֶר‛ôtser · coercionH6115
• and sorrowיָגוֹןyâgôn · sorrowH3015

Cross-references for Psalms 107:39

• Psalms 30:6Now as for me, I said in my prosperity, “I will never be moved.”
• Genesis 45:11There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished.”’
• Ruth 1:20But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
• 1 Samuel 2:5Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease to be hungry. Even the infertile woman gives birth to seven, But she who has many children languishes.
• 2 Kings 4:8Now a day came when Elisha went over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she urged him to eat food. And so it was, as often as he passed by, that he turned in there to eat food.
• 2 Kings 8:3Then at the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to appeal to the king for her house and for her field.
• Job 1:10Have You not made a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
• Exodus 1:13The Egyptians used violence to compel the sons of Israel to labor;
• Exodus 2:23Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.
• Judges 6:3For whenever Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the people of the east and march against them.
• 2 Kings 10:32In those days the Lord began to cut off pieces from Israel; and Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel:
• 2 Kings 13:7For he left to Jehoahaz no more of the army than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry, because the king of Aram had eliminated them and made them like the dust at threshing.
• 2 Kings 14:26For the Lord saw the misery of Israel, which was very bitter; for there was neither bond nor free spared, nor was there any helper for Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 15:5In those times there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because many disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.
• Jeremiah 51:33For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor At the time that it is tread down; In just a little while the time of harvest will come for her.”

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

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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