Shīpiān 107:35

35 Tā shǐ kuàngyĕ biàn wèi shuǐ tán , jiào hàndì biàn wèi shuǐ quán .

Shīpiān 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''

Shīpiān 107:35 In-Context

33 Tā shǐ jiāng hé biàn wèi kuàngyĕ , jiào shuǐ quán biàn wèi gān kĕ zhī dì .

34 Shǐ féi dì biàn wèi jiǎn dì . zhè dōu yīn qí jiān jūmín de zuìè .

35 Tā shǐ kuàngyĕ biàn wèi shuǐ tán , jiào hàndì biàn wèi shuǐ quán .

36 Tā shǐ jīè de rén zhù zaì nàli , hǎo jiànzào kĕ zhù de chéngyì .

37 Yòu zhòng tiándì , zāi pútaóyuán , dé xiǎng suǒ chū de tǔchǎn .