New English Translation
Psalms 107:12
12So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.
Psalms 107:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
- New International Version (NIV)So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore He brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.
Context of Psalms 107:12
10They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains, 11because they had rebelled against God’s commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king. So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up. 13They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. 14He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.
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וַיַּכְנַ֣ע בֶּעָמָ֣ל לִבָּ֑ם כָּ֝שְׁל֗וּ וְאֵ֣ין עֹזֵֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:12
- Exodus 2:23During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.
- Exodus 5:18So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!”
- Judges 10:16They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.
- Judges 16:21The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
- Nehemiah 9:37Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, and we are in great distress!
- Isaiah 51:19These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you?
- Isaiah 52:5And now, what do we have here?” says the Lord. “Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the Lord, “and my name is constantly slandered all day long.
- Lamentations 5:5We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest.
- Luke 15:14Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.
- Psalms 18:40You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.
- Psalms 22:11Do not remain far away from me, for trouble is near and I have no one to help me.
- Psalms 142:4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.
- 2 Kings 6:26While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, “Help us, my master, O king!”
- Job 9:13God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.
- Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.
Commentaries on Psalms 107:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12He brought down their heart with labor - He delivered them into the hands of their enemies. and, as they would not be under subjection to God, he delivered them into slavery to wicked men: "So they fell down, and there was none to help;" God had forsaken them because they had forsaken him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Therefore he brought down their heart - Their pride; their self-sufficiency; their self-complacency. They thought that they could do without God; they relied on their own resources, and were self-satisfied; but God showed them that all this was vain, and humbled them, as he often does the proud, in the dust. With labour - With trouble; with affliction; with disappointment; with reverses; with sorrow. The Hebrew word - עמל ‛âmâl - would include all this…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 This description of prisoners and captives intimates that they are desolate and sorrowful. In the eastern prisons the captives were and are treated with much severity. Afflicting providences must be improved as humbling providences; and we lose the benefit, if our hearts are unhumbled and unbroken under them. This is a shadow of the sinner's deliverance from a far worse confinement. The awakened sinner discovers his guilt and misery. Having…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Exhausted from their hard work (Lamentations 5:13), the people stumbled. While this might be expected of the wicked (Psalms 9:3; 27:2), it was different from the Israelites' escape from Egypt (105:37).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1610-16. Their sufferings were for their rebellion against (Psa 105:28) the words, or purposes, or promises, of God for their benefit. When humbled they cry to God, who delivers them from bondage, described as a dark dungeon with doors and bars of metal, in which they are bound in iron--that is, chains and fetters. shadow of death--darkness with danger (Psa 23:4).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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