Psalms 107:33-43

33 He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;
36 there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.
39 Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
42 The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.
43 Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the LORD.

Cross References 18

  • 1. 1 Kings 17:1; Psalms 74:15; Isaiah 41:15; Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 50:2
  • 2. S Psalms 104:10
  • 3. S Genesis 13:10; Genesis 14:3; Genesis 19:25
  • 4. S 2 Kings 3:17; Psalms 105:41; Psalms 126:4; Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 51:3; Psalms 114:8; Isaiah 41:18
  • 5. S Job 38:26; S Isaiah 35:7
  • 6. S 2 Kings 19:29; S Isaiah 37:30; Isaiah 65:21
  • 7. S Genesis 12:2; Genesis 17:16,20; Exodus 1:7; S Deuteronomy 7:13
  • 8. S Genesis 49:25
  • 9. S 2 Kings 10:32; Ezekiel 5:12
  • 10. S Psalms 44:9
  • 11. S Job 12:18; Job 12:21
  • 12. S Deuteronomy 32:10; Job 12:24
  • 13. S 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalms 113:7-9
  • 14. S Job 21:11
  • 15. S Job 22:19; Psalms 97:10-12
  • 16. S Job 5:16; Psalms 63:11; Romans 3:19
  • 17. Jeremiah 9:12; Hosea 14:9
  • 18. Psalms 103:11; Psalms 64:9
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