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Psalm 107:40-42
New English Translation
Psalm 107:40-42
New English Translation
40 He would pour[a] contempt upon princes,
and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.
41 Yet he protected[b] the needy from oppression,
and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.
42 When the godly see this, they rejoice,
and every sinner[c] shuts his mouth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 107:40 tn The active participle is understood as past durative here, drawing attention to typical action in a past time frame. However, it could be taken as generalizing (in which case one should translate using the English present tense), in which case the psalmist moves from narrative to present reality. Perhaps the participial form appears because the statement is lifted from Job 12:21.
- Psalm 107:41 tn Heb “set on high.”
- Psalm 107:42 tn Heb “all evil,” which stands metonymically for those who do evil.
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