Psalms 107:4

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2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,

3 And ^agathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.

4 They wandered in ^athe wilderness in a desolate way;
They found no city to dwell in.

5 Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.

6 ^aThen they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He delivered them out of their distresses.

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Psalms 107:4

They wandered in the wilderness - On their return from Babylon; or, when God was conducting them again to their own land. The word "wilderness" in the Scriptures means a desolate, barren, uninhabited region, usually destitute of trees, of springs, and of water-courses. It does not denote, as it does with us, a region of extensive "forests." Compare the notes at Matthew 4:1.

In a solitary way - Rather, in a "waste" way; a land that was desolate and uncultivated.

They found no city to dwell in - In their journeyings. This was true of the region between Babylon and Palestine; a wide, barren, desolate waste.

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