Psalms 107:35

35 He changes deserts into lakes and dry ground into springs.

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 changes rivers into a desert, springs into thirsty ground,

34 and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.

35 He changes deserts into lakes and dry ground into springs.

36 There he settles those who are hungry, and they build cities to live in.

37 They plant in fields and vineyards that produce crops.