Psalm 107:39 “When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,”

Psalm 107:39

When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

World English Bible

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

American Standard Version

Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

Geneva Bible 1599

Againe men are diminished, and brought lowe by oppression, euill and sorowe.

Darby Translation

And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:

Young's Literal Translation

And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

Bible in Basic English

And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

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Cross references

“they are”

Genesis 45:11 1 Samuel 2:5–7 2 Kings 4:8 2 Kings 8:3 Job 1:10–17 Psalm 30:6

Genesis 45:11 · BSB

And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’

1 Samuel 2:5–7 · BSB

The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

2 Kings 4:8 · BSB

One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

2 Kings 8:3 · BSB

At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.

Job 1:10–17 · BSB

Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Psalm 30:6 · BSB

In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”

“oppression”

2 Kings 10:32 Judges 6:3–6 2 Kings 14:26 2 Kings 13:7 2 Kings 13:22 Exodus 1:13

2 Kings 10:32 · BSB

In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory

Judges 6:3–6 · BSB

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

2 Kings 14:26 · BSB

For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,

2 Kings 13:7 · BSB

Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

2 Kings 13:22 · BSB

And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.

Exodus 1:13 · BSB

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

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