New King James Version
Psalms 107:39
39When they are diminished and brought low Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow,
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 Living Translation (NLT)When they decrease in number and become impoverished through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
Context of Psalms 107:39
37And sow fields and plant vineyards, That they may yield a fruitful harvest. 38He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease. When they are diminished and brought low Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow, 40He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way; 41Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, And makes their families like a flock.
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וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּ וַיָּשֹׁ֑חוּ מֵעֹ֖צֶר רָעָ֣ה וְיָגֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:39
- Psalms 30:6Now in my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.”
- Genesis 45:11There I will provide for you, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty; for there are still five years of famine.” ’
- 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 have hired themselves out for bread, And the hungry have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many children has become feeble.
- 2 Kings 4:8Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a notable woman, and she persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food.
- 2 Kings 8:3It came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land.
- Job 1:10Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
- Exodus 1:13So the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor.
- Exodus 2:23Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
- Judges 6:3So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.
- 2 Kings 10:32In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel; and Hazael conquered them in all the territory of Israel
- 2 Kings 13:7For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
- 2 Kings 14:26For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free, there was no helper for Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 15:5And in those times there was no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, but great turmoil was on all the inhabitants of the lands.
- Jeremiah 51:33For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor When it is time to thresh her; Yet a little while And the time of her harvest will come.”
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
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