King James Version
psalm 107:39 in the King James Version says “Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.” — study this verse from psalm chapter 107 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.”
psalm 107:39 · KJV
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. wilderness: or, void place
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. from: or, after
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