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Psalms 107:41 — King James Version← Study notes

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.


Psalms 107:41Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 107:416 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְשַׂגֵּ֣בwayəśagēb
and he set on highconjH7682
exalt · be excellent · (be · set on) high ···
אֶבְי֣וֹןʾebəywōn
the needyadjH34
needy · poor
מֵ/ע֑וֹנִיmēʿwōniy
from afflictionpronH6040
trouble
וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂםwayāśem
and he madeconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
כַּ֝/צֹּ֗אןkaṣōʾn
like flockpronH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
מִשְׁפָּחֽוֹתmišəpāḥwōt
familiesnounH4940
kind
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 107:41

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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