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Psalms 107:41

107:40 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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Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

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

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

107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

What does Psalms 107:41 mean?

Psalms 107:41 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֶבְיוֹן (ʼebyôwn), שָׂגַב (sâgab), עֳנִי (ʻŏnîy).

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Yet
setteth
he
the
poorאֶבְיוֹןʼebyôwn/eb-yone'/H34destitute
on
highשָׂגַבsâgab/saw-gab'/H7682to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
from
affliction,עֳנִיʻŏnîy/on-ee'/H6040depression, i.e. misery
and
makethשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
him
familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh/mish-paw-khaw'/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
like
a
flock.צֹאןtsôʼn/tsone/H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
from:
or,
after

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 107:41.

Genesis 30:36

And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

Genesis 30:41

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

Genesis 30:42

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

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What does Psalms 107:41 say?

Psalms 107:41 (King James Version) reads: "Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. from: or, after"

Is Psalms 107:41 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 107:41 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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