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Psalm 107

Psa. 107:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore he brought down
kana` (Hebrew #3665)
properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
KJV usage: bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.
Pronounce: kaw-nah'
Origin: a primitive root
their heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
with labor
`amal (Hebrew #5999)
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
KJV usage: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
Pronounce: aw-mawl'
Origin: from 5998
; they fell down
kashal (Hebrew #3782)
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
KJV usage: bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, X utterly, be weak.
Pronounce: kaw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and there was nonel to help
`azar (Hebrew #5826)
to surround, i.e. protect or aid
KJV usage: help, succour.
Pronounce: aw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
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he brought.
Ex. 2:23• 23And it came to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. (Ex. 2:23)
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Ex. 5:18‑19• 18And now go—work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.
19And the officers of the children of Israel saw that it stood ill with them, because it was said, Ye shall not diminish anything from your bricks, the daily work.
(Ex. 5:18‑19)
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Judg. 10:16‑18• 16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
17And the children of Ammon were called together and encamped in Gilead; and the children of Israel gathered together and encamped in Mizpeh.
18And the people, the chief men of Gilead, said one to another, Who is the man that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
(Judg. 10:16‑18)
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Judg. 16:21,30• 21And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.
30And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
(Judg. 16:21,30)
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Neh. 9:37• 37And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress. (Neh. 9:37)
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Isa. 51:19‑20,23• 19These two [things] are befallen thee; who will bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and famine and sword; how shall I comfort thee?
20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the top of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
23and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
(Isa. 51:19‑20,23)
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Isa. 52:5• 5Now therefore, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people is taken away for nought? their rulers make them howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day [is] blasphemed. (Isa. 52:5)
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Lam. 5:5‑6• 5On our necks are we persecuted; we toil and have no rest.
6To Egypt we gave the hand and to Asshur to be satisfied with bread.
(Lam. 5:5‑6)
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Luke 15:14‑17• 14But when he had spent all, there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
15And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave unto him.
17And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread and I perish here by famine.
(Luke 15:14‑17)
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J. N. Darby Translation

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And he bowed down their heart with laboura; they stumbled, and there was none to help:

JND Translation Notes

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Or "pain," "anguish."

W. Kelly Translation

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Therefore (and) he bowed down their heart with labour;{HR}They stumbled, and [there was] no helper.