Verse 35
Psalms 107:35
Bible in Basic English
35
He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יָשֵׂ֣ם מִ֭דְבָּר לַֽ/אֲגַם מַ֑יִם וְ/אֶ֥רֶץ צִ֝יָּ֗ה לְ/מֹצָ֥אֵי מָֽיִם
English Translation
He sets the desert to a pool of water and the dry land to sources of water.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 107 Context
1
O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Focus ↗
2
Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of...
Focus ↗
3
Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and...
Focus ↗
4
They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.
Focus ↗
5
Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
Focus ↗
6
Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their...
Focus ↗
7
Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.
Focus ↗
8
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of...
Focus ↗
9
He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.
Focus ↗
10
Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
Focus ↗
11
Because they went against the words of God (Elohim), and gave no thought to the laws of the Most Hig...
Focus ↗
12
So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.
Focus ↗
13
Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their...
Focus ↗
14
He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.
Focus ↗
15
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of...
Focus ↗
16
The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.
Focus ↗
17
Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;
Focus ↗
18
They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.
Focus ↗
19
Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all thei...
Focus ↗
20
He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.
Focus ↗
21
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of...
Focus ↗
22
Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
Focus ↗
23
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;
Focus ↗
24
They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Focus ↗
25
For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.
Focus ↗
26
The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble...
Focus ↗
27
They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes t...
Focus ↗
28
Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all thei...
Focus ↗
29
He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.
Focus ↗
30
Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.
Focus ↗
31
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of...
Focus ↗
32
Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.
Focus ↗
33
He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;
Focus ↗
34
He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.
Focus ↗
35
He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.
36
And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;
Focus ↗
37
And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
Focus ↗
38
He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
Focus ↗
39
And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,
Focus ↗
40
He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no...
Focus ↗
41
But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.
Focus ↗
42
The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.
Focus ↗
43
Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.
Focus ↗