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Psalms 107:40 — King James Version← Study notes

He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.


Psalms 107:40Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 107:408 words
HebrewMeaning
שֹׁפֵ֣ךְšōpēkə
he was pouring outverbH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
בּ֭וּזbwz
contemptnounH937
despised · shamed
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
נְדִיבִ֑יםnədiybiym
noble peopleadjH5081
liberal · noble · prince · willing
וַ֝/יַּתְעֵ֗/םwayatəʿēm
and he made wander themconjH8582
deceive · dissemble · (cause to · make to) err ···
בְּ/תֹ֣הוּbətōhw
in a wastelandpronH8414
empty place · without form · nothing · nought ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
דָֽרֶךְdārekə
a waynounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
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 107:40

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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