Psalms 107:38

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

37 And sow fields and plant vineyards,
That they may yield a fruitful harvest.

38 ^aHe also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
And He does not let their cattle ^bdecrease.

39 When they are ^adiminished and brought low
Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow,

40 ^aHe pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;

41 ^aYet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,
And ^bmakes their families like a flock.

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Psalms 107:38

He blesseth them also - In the manner immediately specified.

So that they are multiplied greatly - This was regarded as one of the highest blessings which God could confer, and hence, it was so often promised by him to the patriarchs, as a proof of his favor, that their seed should be as the stars of heaven, and as the sand upon the sea-shore. Genesis 13:16; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 32:12.

And suffereth not their cattle to decrease - The keeping of herds of cattle was also an important point in husbandry, and hence, it was a blessing that they were made to increase, and that they were kept from the diseases to which cattle are subject.

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