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Psalms 107:39 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 107:39Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 107:395 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּמְעֲט֥וּwayiməʿăṭw
and they became fewconjH4591
diminish · (be · borrow a · give ···
וַ/יָּשֹׁ֑חוּwayāšōḥw
and they were bowed downconjH7817
bow · bring down · couch · humble self ···
מֵ/עֹ֖צֶרmēʿōṣer
from the pressure ofpronH6115
barren · prison
רָעָ֣הrāʿāh
calamitynounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
וְ/יָגֽוֹןwəyāgwōn
griefconjH3015
sorrow
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 107:39

1. This Psalm commends unto us the mercies of God, proved in ourselves, and is therefore the sweeter to the experienced. And it is a wonder if it can be pleasing to any one, except to him who has learned in his own case, what he hears in this Psalm. Yet was it written not for any one or two, but for the people of God, and set forth that it might know itself therein as in a mirror. Its title needs not now to be treated, for it is Halleluia, and again Halleluia. Which we have a…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 107 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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