Psalms 107:5

107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

KJV

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

What does Psalms 107:5 mean?

Psalms 107:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רָעֵב (râʻêb), צָמֵא (tsâmêʼ), נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh).

Hebrew interlinear

Hungryרָעֵבrâʻêb/raw-abe'/H7457hungry (more or less intensely)

and

thirsty,צָמֵאtsâmêʼ/tsaw-may'/H6771thirsty (literally or figuratively)

their

soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

faintedעָטַףʻâṭaph/aw-taf'/H5848to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish

them.

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 107:5.

2 Samuel 17:29

And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

Isaiah 29:8

It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

Isaiah 32:6

For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Proverbs 25:21

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 107:5 say?

Psalms 107:5 (King James Version) reads: "Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them."

Is Psalms 107:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 107:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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