Psalms 107:14

14 He led you out of your dark, dark cell, broke open the jail and led you out.

Psalms 107:14 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 107:14

He brought them out of darkness
In which they were by nature, into marvellous light; to see their interest in Christ, and his salvation; and to have the light of joy and comfort in him.

And the shadow of death;
quickening them by his Spirit and grace; causing them to live by faith upon him; entitling them to eternal life, and securing them from eternal death.

And brake their bands in sunder;
their cords and fetters of affliction; or their bands of sin, and the power of it; and loosed them whom Satan had bound and kept so for many years, and brought them into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Psalms 107:14 In-Context

12 A hard sentence, and your hearts so heavy, and not a soul in sight to help.
13 Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time.
14 He led you out of your dark, dark cell, broke open the jail and led you out.
15 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;
16 He shattered the heavy jailhouse doors, he snapped the prison bars like matchsticks!
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