Psalms 107:33 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 107:33

31 ^aOh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

32 Let them exalt Him also ^ain the assembly of the people,
And praise Him in the company of the elders.

33 He ^aturns rivers into a wilderness,
And the watersprings into dry ground;

34 A ^afruitful land into barrenness,
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

35 ^aHe turns a wilderness into pools of water,
And dry land into watersprings.

36 There He makes the hungry dwell,
That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,

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Psalm 107:33-34

So Moses' warning of God's wrath that He will bring upon those specifically for idolatry and for breaking of the covenant. He will bring His wrath upon them just like He rained His wrath and destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah. There is another place. Let us go to Psalm 107, verse 34. I am pretty upset at the New King James version for this verse, just to let you know right here, right now.

Here we have a very close parallel with what He said in Deuteronomy 29, that He strikes the land with barrenness, if you will, for the people's wickedness. Now, let us go back and read what it actually says in Hebrew, literally. "He turns a fruitful land into a salty waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it." Why did they go to barrenness? Salty waste is a much more active image, I think, than just plain old barrenness.

Excerpted from Matthew 5:13: 'What is the Salt of the Earth?' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

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