He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.
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- Isaiah 42:16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
- Psalms 116:16 Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant girl. You have freed me from my chains.
- Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Zechariah 9:11-12 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water. Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
- 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- Psalms 107:10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
- Isaiah 61:1 The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,
- Jeremiah 52:31-34 In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison. He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life. For his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
- Acts 5:19 But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out and said,
- Job 36:8 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
- Job 42:10-12 Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold. So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
- Psalms 68:6 God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
- Psalms 102:20 to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;
- Psalms 105:19-20 until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true. The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
- Luke 13:16 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
- Acts 5:25 One came and told them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”
- Job 3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
- Job 10:21-22 before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.’ ”
- Job 33:30 to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
- Psalms 146:7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
- Isaiah 49:9 saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.
- Isaiah 60:1-3 “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you. For, behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
- Acts 12:7-10 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off his hands. The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.” And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
- Acts 16:26-40 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened. The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!” He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house. He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household. He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God. But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.” The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.” But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!” The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city. They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.
- Job 15:30 He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
- Job 19:8 He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
- Job 15:22 He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and…
Psa 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
Ver. 14. He brought them out of darkness] He sent his mandamus {a}, as Psa 44:4, and that did the deed, as Act 5:19; Act 12:7.
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{a} Originally applied generically to a number of ancient writs, letters missive, or mandates, issued by the sovereign, directing the performance of certain acts.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For he hath broken the gates of brass,.... The…
For he hath broken the gates of brass,.... The prison doors made of brass, as sometimes of iron, for the security of the prisoners; see Act 12:10. And cut the bars of iron in sunder; with which they were barred and secured. Hyperbolical phrases these, as Kimchi, expressing how exceeding strong the prison doors were, and the impossibility of an escape out of them, unless the Lord had delivered them; but when he works, none can let; all obstructions are easily removed by him; which is the sense of the words, see Isa 45:2. Vitringa, on Rev 12:2, interprets this of the subjection of the Roman emperors to the faith and obedience of Christ.
, interprets this of the subjection of the Roman emperors to the faith and obedience of Christ.
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Psalms 107:17
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psa 107:17Fools, because of their transgression,.... Or, "because of the way" (h) "of it"; their sinful course of life; for it is not for a single transgression they are afflicted, but for a continued series of sinning, which is a transgression of the law of God. By "fools" are meant not idiots, men devoid of common sense and natural understanding, but immoral persons; such who have no understanding of divine and spiritual things; are destitute of the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom; without the true knowledge of God himself; place their happiness in sensual enjoyments; seek only the gratification of their lust; scoff at religion, make a mock at sin, and have no concern about a future state, and the welfare of their immortal souls.
And because of their iniquities, are afflicted; or "afflict themselves", or "find themselves afflicted" (i); rather "bring affliction on themselves" (k). Not that these are the only persons that are afflicted; for many truly wise, good, and gracious persons, have a large share of afflictions; though not in a way of punishment for sin, or in wrath and hot displeasure, but in a way of fatherly chastisement, and in love: nor are fools for the most part afflicted, nor so much as others; they are not in trouble and plagued as other men; which has been a stumbling to good men: however, sometimes they are afflicted in this life, and in a way of punishment for sin; and very often are but the more hardened by it; though to some it is an ordinance for good; they are awakened by it to a sense of sin, and acknowledgment of it, and to seek for pardoning grace and mercy. This is the "third" instance of persons in distress calling on the Lord, and finding relief (l), and being under obligation to praise him.
(h) "propter viam", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator. (i) "sese adflictos sentiebant", Michaelis. (k) So Tigurine version. (l) "Flectitur iratus voce rogante Deus", Ovid. de Arte Amandi, l. 1.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. He brought then out of darkness]
Verse 14. He brought then out of darkness]
1. Gave them again peace and prosperity.
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2. Repealed the sentence of death.
3. "Unbound the poor prisoners."
4. Broke their iron bonds in sunder.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He brought them out of darkness and the shadow…
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death - From their captivity; from calamity which seemed to be as gloomy as the shadow of death.
And brake their bands in sunder - Delivered them from their bondage, as if the bands of a prisoner or captive were suddenly broken.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Darkness—Compare Isa_42:7, and Psa_107:10, above.
14. Darkness—Compare Isa_42:7, and Psa_107:10, above.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) Break their bands in sunder.—See Psa_2:3.
(14) Break their bands in sunder.—See Psa_2:3.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He brought them out of dark ness and the…
He brought them out of dark ness and the shadow of death. Wherein they sat (ver. 10). And brake their bands in sunder. Freed them from their fetters (ver. 10), whatever they were.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 14. He brought them out of darkness and…
Ver. 14. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death. The Lord in providence fetches out prisoners from their cells and bids them breathe the sweet fresh air again, and then he takes off their fetters, and gives liberty to their aching limbs. So also he frees men from care and trouble, and especially from the misery and slavery of sin. This he does with his own hand, for in the experience of all the saints it is certified that there is no jail delivery unless by the Judge himself.
And brake their bands in sunder. Set them free by force, so liberating them that they could not be chained again, for he had broken the manacles to pieces. The Lord's deliverances are of the most complete and triumphant kind, he neither leaves the soul in darkness nor in bonds, nor does he permit the powers of evil again to enthral the liberated captive. What he does is done for ever. Glory be to his name.
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Ver. 14. God gives light, life, liberty.
Psalms 107:15*
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain He brought them out of darkness and the shadow…
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death.
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Song for the free, and hope for the bound
The deliverance here intended is one which is brought to us by redemption, and comes by the way of the great sacrifice upon Calvary.
I. Who are these favoured men?
1. Guilty men (verse 11). Hear this, ye sinful ones, and take heart! God has wrought great wonders for a people whom it seemed impossible for Him to notice. If they came into prison through rebellion, you would expect Him to leave them there. Yet rebels are set free by an act of immeasurable grace. The Redeemer has received gifts for men, yea, for the rebellious also.
2. Doomed men (verse 10). It is your condemned condition which needs free mercy; and, behold, the Lord meets your need in His boundless grace!
3. Bound men (verse 10). You long to be delivered, but you are unable to cut the cords which hold you. Jesus Christ has come on purpose that He might proclaim the opening of the prisons to them that are bound.
4. Weary men (verse 12). Come unto Me, etc.
5. Downcast men (verse 12). The Lord Jesus delights to lift up those that lie at His feet.
6. Helpless men. What a word that is--None to help! The proverb says, God helps those that help themselves. There is a sort of truth in it; but I venture to cover it with a far greater truth: God helps those that cannot help themselves. When there is none to help thee, then God will help thee.
7. They did at last take to praying (verse 13). There is that about prayer which makes it a token for good, a pledge of blessings on the road, a door of hope in dark hours. Where is the man that cries? Where is the man that prays? That is the man of whom it shall be said, and of others like him, The Lord brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, etc.
II. How has this deliverance been wrought?
1. By the Lord Himself. There is no salvation worth the having which has not the hand of the Godhead in it. None but the Trinity can deliver a captive soul from the chains of sin, and death, and hell.
2. Next, the Lord did it alone He hath broken the gates of brass. Nobody else was there to aid in liberating the prisoner. When our Lord Jesus trod the winepress, He was alone. When the Spirit of God came to work in us eternal life, He wrought alone.
3. By the Lords own goodness. He gives the alms of His grace only to the undeserving.
4. Most completely--light, life, and liberty.
5. Everlastingly. O child of God, you were once shut up as with gates of brass, and bars of iron, and the devil thinks that one of these days he will get you behind those gates again! But he never will, for the Lord hath broken the gates of brass. The means of our captivity are no longer available.
III. What is to be done about this?
1. If the Lord has set any of you free--record it. Say, The Lord hath done great things for us.
2. When you have recorded it, then praise God with all your heart, every one of you, every day. When you have praised God yourselves, then entreat others to join with you. The oratorio of Gods praise needs a full choir. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 He brought them
He brought them
"Yahweh brought those in prison"
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darkness and gloom
Both "darkness" and "gloom" have basically the same meaning and are used to emphasize how dark the prison was. See how you translated this in Psalms 107:10. AT: "complete darkness" (See: Doublet)
Oh that people would praise Yahweh for his covenant faithfulness
Here the word "Oh" is used to convey a strong desire for people to praise Yahweh. The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated with an adjective. See how you translated this in Psalms 107:8. AT: "Let people praise Yahweh because he is faithful to his covenant" or "People should praise Yahweh because he is faithful to his covenant" (See: Exclamations and Abstract Nouns)
For he
"because he"
For he has broken the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron
Both of these phrases describe Yahweh freeing his people from prison and are used to emphasize that Yahweh truly freed them. AT: "He freed his people from prison" (See: Parallelism and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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darkness
bind
covenant faithfulness
amazed
gate
bronze
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