Psalms 107:4

2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

3 and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

5 They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
KJV
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
WEB
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
ASV
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.
DARBY
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way, they found no city of habitation;
BLB
They wandered in the wilderness, by the way in a desert; a city for of dwelling they did not find.
ÅB
De fór vill i ørkenen, i et uveisomt øde, de fant ikke en by å bo i.
OTB
De vandret i ørkenen, et øde område;
De kunne ikke finne en vei til en by hvor de kunne bo.
B1930
De fór vill i ørkenen, i et uveisomt øde, de fant ikke en by å bo i.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 32:10

    He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

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  • Ezekiel 34:6

    My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’

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  • Ezekiel 34:12

    As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

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  • Numbers 14:33

    Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.

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  • Genesis 21:14–16

    Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

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  • Hebrews 11:38

    The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

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  • Psalms 107:40

    He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

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  • Job 12:24

    He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

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