Tehillim 107:35

35 He turneth the midbar into an agam (pool, lake) of mayim, and dry ground into springs of water.

Tehillim 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''

Tehillim 107:35 In-Context

33 He turneth neharot (rivers) into a midbar, and the springs of water into dry ground;

34 An eretz p’ri (fruitful land) into salt wasteland, because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

35 He turneth the midbar into an agam (pool, lake) of mayim, and dry ground into springs of water.

36 And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may found an ir moshav (an inhabited city);

37 And sow the sadot, and plant kramim, and acquire p’ri tevu’ah (fruits of increase).