Psalms 107:38 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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He turneth rivers into a wilderness, etc.—God's providence is illustriously displayed in His influence on two great elements of human prosperity, the earth's productiveness and the powers of government. He punishes the wicked by destroying the sources of fertility, or, in mercy, gives fruitfulness to deserts, which become the homes of a busy and successful agricultural population. By a permitted misrule and tyranny, this scene of prosperity is changed to one of adversity. He rules rulers, setting up one and putting down another.

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