Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
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Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
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Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
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Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.
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Passages linked to Psalms 107:41 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.
- Job 21:11 They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
- 1 Samuel 2:21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
- Esther 8:15-17 Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad. The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor. In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.
- Job 8:7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
- Psalms 78:52 But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
- Isaiah 49:20-22 The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’ Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’ ” The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
- Ruth 4:14-17 The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel. He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.” Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him. The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
- Job 11:15-19 Surely then you will lift up your face without spot; Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear: for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away. Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning. You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety. Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.
- 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.
- James 5:11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
- Genesis 23:5-7 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, “Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.” Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
- Genesis 48:11 Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”
- Job 5:11 so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
- Job 42:16 After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.
- Psalms 113:7-9 He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap, that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 128:6 Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.
- Proverbs 17:6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.
- 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.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high…
Psa 107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock.
Ver. 41. Yet setteth he the poor] The godly poor, as he did David.
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And maketh him families like a flock] Of sheep, which multiply exceedingly in a short time.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Yet setteth he the poor on high: and whilst…
Yet setteth he the poor on high: and whilst he bringeth down great potentates, at the same time he advanceth those who were obscure and contemptible. Like a flock, which increase very much in a little time.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 41. Yet setteth he the poor on high]…
Verse 41. Yet setteth he the poor on high] This probably refers to the case of the Israelites and their restoration from captivity. But these are incidents which frequently occur, and mark the superintendence of a benign Providence, and the hand of a just God; and are applicable to a multitude of cases.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction…
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction - Margin, “after.” The sense is not materially different. The idea is, that while he thus humbles princes, bringing them down from their lofty position, he has respect to the poor in their condition of suffering and trial, and raises them from that depressed state, and gives them prosperity. Thus he orders the circumstances of people, and shows his sovereignty.
And maketh him families like flock - Numerous as a flock. Large families were accounted a blessing among the Hebrews. See the notes at Psa 107:38.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 41. Like a flock—Meaning numerous and merry. See Job_21:11
41. Like a flock—Meaning numerous and merry. See Job_21:11
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 41. And he set the needy on high from…
41. And he set the needy on high from affliction,
And made him families like a flock.
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There is no change of subject. The Psalmist is following the fortunes of those whom Jehovah has blessed with prosperity. Temporary reverses may happen to them, but He will not fail them in their need. Psa_107:39 is virtually the protasis to Psa_107:40, and the construction of Psa_107:40 is somewhat awkward, because it is a verbatim quotation from Job_12:21 a, 24 b, which the Psalmist has adopted without alteration. The princes are any tyrannous oppressors; God humbles their pride and confounds their counsels. The Psalmist probably has in mind the troubles of the returned exiles, and intends his words to encourage their faith. [The construction would however be simplified by placing Psa_107:40 before Psa_107:39 (see above p. 638), thus: He poureth contempt upon princes … and they are diminished and brought low … and he setteth &c. He humbles the proud and exalts the humble.]
like a flock] i.e. numerous. Cp. Job_21:11; Eze_36:37-38.
The P.B.V. of Psa_107:40, “Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants, and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness,” comes from Coverdale, who derived it apparently from the Zürich Bible[63] (Introd. p. lxxiii). The Heb. however cannot bear this meaning.
[63] So er sy lasst durch die tyrannen beraubet und geschediget werden: so er sy durch die öden ort, da kein weg ist, härumb fürt.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (41) Like a flock.—This figure of a rapid increase…
(41) Like a flock.—This figure of a rapid increase of population is also borrowed from Job_21:11.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction.…
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction. Even in such dread calamities, when a whole nation is punished, God"s providence protects the poor and needy not of course in all, but still in very many, eases. The mower"s scythe passes over the humblest flowers. And maketh him families like a flock. (Job_21:11) Those whom God thus preserves he collects into "families," and looks after as carefully as a shepherd looks after his sheep.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 41. He setteth the poor on high from…
Ver. 41. He setteth the poor on high from affliction. How high? Above the reach of the curse, which shall never touch him; above the power of Satan, which shall never ruin him; above the reigning influence of sin, which "shall not have dominion over him"; above the possibility of being banished from his presence, for "Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation." This is the way God sets his people on high, instructing them in the mysteries of his word, and giving them to partake the joys that are contained therein. Joseph Irons, 1786-1852.
Psalms 107:42*
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 But he
But he
"But Yahweh"
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the needy
This refers to needy people. AT: "needy people" or "poor people" (See: Nominal Adjectives)
cares for his families like a flock
Here David compares how Yahweh cares for his people to how a shepherd cares for his sheep. Possible meanings are 1) "makes the number of people in their families increase like flocks" or 2) "takes care of them like a shepherd cares for his sheep" (See: Simile)
The upright
This refers to people who live in an upright way. AT: "Upright people" or "People who do what is right" (See: Nominal Adjectives)
all wickedness
Here wicked people are referred to as "wickedness." AT: "all wicked people" (See: Metonymy)
shuts its mouth
This means to not say anything in response. AT: "has nothing to say against Yahweh in reply" (See: Idiom)
take note of these things
This means to think about these things. AT: "think about these things" or "remember these things" (See: Idiom)
meditate on Yahweh's acts of covenant faithfulness
The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated with an adjective. AT: "meditate on the things that Yahweh has done that show that he is faithful to his covenant" (See: Abstract Nouns)
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afflicted
family
flocks
righteous
joy
evil
wise
meditate
Yahweh
covenant faithfulness
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 107:41 The large families of the poor are evidence…
107:41 The large families of the poor are evidence of God’s blessing.
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