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Psalms 107:41

Poverty and the vulnerableSalvationSufferingGod's faithfulness

39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

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BSB
But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
KJV
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
WEB
Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
ASV
Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock.
DARBY
But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like flocks.
BLB
And He sets on high [for] the needy from affliction, and He places families as a flock.
ÅB
han opphøyet den fattige av elendighet og gjorde slektene som flokken.
OTB
Men han setter de trengende trygt på høyden, borte fra nød,
Og gjør deres familier som en flokk.
B1930
han ophøiet den fattige av elendighet og gjorde slektene som hjorden.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 2:8

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

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  • Job 21:11

    They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

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  • Esther 8:15–17

    And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:21

    And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 49:20–22

    The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

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  • Psalms 78:52

    But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

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  • Job 8:7

    Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

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  • Ruth 4:14–17

    And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

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