Psalms 107:35

35 He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;

Psalms 107:35 in Other Translations

35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

35 He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.

35 But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water.

35 Then he changed wasteland into fresh pools of water, arid earth into springs of water,

35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water.

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 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;

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 3:17; Psalms 105:41; Psalms 126:4; Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 51:3; Psalms 114:8; Isaiah 41:18
• 2. S Job 38:26; S Isaiah 35:7