Psalm 107:35

35 Er macht zum Wasserteich die Wüste und dürres Land zu Wasserquellen;

Psalm 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''

Psalm 107:35 In-Context

33 Er macht Ströme zur Wüste und Wasserquellen zu dürrem Lande,

34 fruchtbares Land zur Salzsteppe wegen der Bosheit der darin Wohnenden.

35 Er macht zum Wasserteich die Wüste und dürres Land zu Wasserquellen;

36 und er läßt Hungrige daselbst wohnen und sie gründen eine Wohnstadt.

37 Und sie besäen Felder und pflanzen Weinberge, welche Frucht bringen als Ertrag;