Psalms 107:35

35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water.^[a]

Psalms 107:35 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 107:35

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water
On the other hand, when it is the pleasure of God, a country uncultivated and like a desert, he makes it fruitful as one that is well watered and tilled; as this country of ours, and the land in America, once waste places, now fruitful ones.

And dry ground into water springs:
which is expressive of the same thing, and may he figuratively understood of the Gentile world; which, before the coming of Christ, and the preaching of the Gospel, and the pouring down of the Spirit, was like a wilderness and dry ground; but now watered with the word and ordinances, and the grace of God, and in many places has become fruitful in grace and good works. The Targum prefaces this verse thus,

``when they return unto the law, he turneth''

Psalms 107:35 In-Context

33 He turns rivers into desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,

34 and fruitful land into salty wasteland, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.

35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water.

36 He causes the hungry to settle there, and they establish a city where they can live.

37 They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ps 114:8; Isa 41:17-18