Psalms 107:12

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
down	וַיַּכְנַ֣ע vai.yakh.Na'	H3665	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
heart	לִבָּ֑ם li.Bam	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
labour	בֶּעָמָ֣ל be.'a.Mal	H5999	toil · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
down	כָּ֝שְׁל֗וּ ka.she.Lu	H3782	to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
help	עֹזֵֽר 'o.Zer	H5826	to surround · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Exodus 5:18-19 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
Exodus 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cr…
Luke 15:14-17 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Isaiah 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid th…
Judges 10:16-18 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Judges 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all t…
2 Kings 6:26-27 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:10-16

We are to take notice of the goodness of God towards prisoners and captives. Observe, 1. A description of this affliction. Prisoners are said to sit in darkness (Psa 107:10), in dark dungeons, close prisons, which intimates that they are desolate and disconsolate; they sit in the shadow of death, which intimates not only great distress and trouble, but great danger. Prisoners are many times appointed to die; they sit despairing to get out, but resolving to make the best of it. They are bound in affliction, and many times in iron, as Joseph. Thus sore a calamity is imprisonment, which should make us prize liberty, and be thankful for it. 2. The cause of this affliction, Psa 107:11. It is beca…

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John Gill on Psalms 107:12

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour,.... Humbled them under his mighty hand; brought down their haughty spirits and proud stomachs by one afflictive providence or another; by which the Lord humbles men, as he did the Israelites in the wilderness, and hides pride from them: or with trouble of mind, under a conviction of sin; when pride, which is the cause of rebellion against God, and of contempt of his counsel, is brought down, and the haughtiness of man laid low; and when men, humbled under a sense of sin, are made willing to submit to Christ and his righteousness, to God's way of saving sinners by him, to the law of God, and to the Gospel of Christ. They fell down; they thre…

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John Calvin on Psalms 107:10-16

Psalm 107:10-16 10. They who dwell in darkness, and in the shadow of death, being bound in trouble and iron; 11. Because they rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High: 12. When he humbled their heart with affliction; they were brought low, and there was none to help them. 13. In their affliction they cried to Jehovah, and he delivered them from their tribulations. 14. He rescued them from darkness and from the shadow of death, and broke off their chains. 15. Let them praise the mercy of Jehovah in his presence, and his marvelous works in the presence of the sons of men. 16. Because he hath broken the brazen gates, and dashed in pieces the iron bars. [277]…

The Church Fathers

"And their heart was brought low in labour" [Psalm 107:12]. And now fight against lust; if God cease to aid you may strive, you can not conquer. And when you shall be pressed by your evil, your heart will be brought low in labour, so that now with humbled heart you may learn to cry out, "O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" [Romans 7:24] ...Freed, you will confess the mercies of the Lord.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 107

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Impenitence · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Infidelity · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Rebellion Against God · They who are guilty of: Brought low for — They who are guilty of: Brought low for
Scoffing · 21:14,15;34:7; — 21:14,15;34:7;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 107:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:10-16

John Gill on Psalms 107:12

John Calvin on Psalms 107:10-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 107:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:10-16

John Gill on Psalms 107:12

John Calvin on Psalms 107:10-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 107:10-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 107:12

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 107:12