King James Version
Psalms 107:41 in the King James Version says “Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. from: or, after” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 107 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. from: or, after”
Psalms 107:41 · KJV
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
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“on high”
H7682to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
“and maketh”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“like a flock”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
“him families”
H4940a family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
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