A moment in scripture
Psalms 107:39
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Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 107:37
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
- Psalms 107:38
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
- Psalms 107:40
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
- Psalms 107:41
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.