the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Psalms 107:10
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There were those who inhabited darkness and the shadow of death,Prisoners in affliction and irons,
There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,
Suche as sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death: beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron.
Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Bound in affliction and irons--
Those who live in the darkness, and in the shadow of death, being prisoners in affliction and iron,
Some of God's people were prisoners, locked behind bars in dark prisons.
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
Such as sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death: being bound in affliction and yron:
Soch as sat in darcknesse and in the shadowe of death, beynge fast bounde in misery & yron.
Some of you were locked in a dark cell, cruelly confined behind bars, Punished for defying God's Word, for turning your back on the High God's counsel— A hard sentence, and your hearts so heavy, and not a soul in sight to help. Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time. He led you out of your dark, dark cell, broke open the jail and led you out. So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves; He shattered the heavy jailhouse doors, he snapped the prison bars like matchsticks!
Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness, Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
Such as sit in darkness and in the shades of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;
They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,
Some of you were prisoners suffering in deepest darkness and bound by chains,
Some lived in darkness, in death-dark gloom, bound in misery and iron chains,
They that dwell in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death, being bounde in miserie and yron,
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron--
Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom, imprisoned in iron chains of misery.
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death. They suffered in prison in iron chains.
even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron;
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains,
Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in misery and in irons,
The dwellers in darkness and death-shade, bound with oppression and iron;
(106-10) Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.
Those who sat in darkness and gloom, prisoners of misery and iron—
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons,
There were those who lived in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,
Some sat in gloom and darkness; they were prisoners suffering in chains.
Some were living in gloom and darkness, prisoners suffering in chains,
Others sat in darkness and gloom— prisoners in cruel chains—
God delyuerede men sittynge in derknessis, and in the schadowe of deth; and men prisoned in beggerye and in yrun.
Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in affliction and in irons,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Such: Here begins the second comparison; in which the state of the captives in Babylon is illustrated by that of prisoners in a dreary dungeon.
as sit: Job 3:5, Isaiah 9:2, Matthew 4:16, Matthew 22:13, Luke 1:79
bound: Psalms 105:18, Exodus 2:23, Exodus 2:24, 2 Chronicles 33:11, Job 36:8, Job 36:9, Lamentations 3:6, Lamentations 3:7, Romans 6:20, Romans 6:21
Reciprocal: Judges 16:21 - bound him 2 Samuel 3:34 - hands 2 Kings 25:7 - bound him Job 36:13 - bindeth Job 38:17 - the shadow Psalms 31:9 - my soul Psalms 68:6 - God Psalms 69:33 - his prisoners Psalms 107:14 - brought Psalms 146:7 - looseth Isaiah 42:7 - to bring Isaiah 49:9 - to the Jeremiah 39:7 - chains Amos 5:8 - and turneth Micah 7:8 - when I sit Zechariah 9:11 - I have Luke 4:18 - to preach deliverance
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death,.... This is the second instance of persons in distress calling on the name of the Lord; and who, being delivered, are under obligation to praise him, such as are captives and prisoners. The Targum applies it to the Israelites in the Babylonish captivity; but it is much better to interpret it of prisoners in common; whose prisons are generally dark cells or dungeons, and where they are alone, and deprived of the company of the living; and so are not only in darkness, but seem as if they were in the state of the dead; their condition is the shadow of it, and bears some resemblance to it. And it may be applied, in a spiritual sense, to the case and condition of the people of God in a state of unregeneracy, which is described in the same language, Isaiah 9:2, and which is a state of darkness and ignorance; they are darkness itself, and are ignorant of themselves and their case; of the nature of sin, and the evil of it; of the spirituality of the law; of God in Christ; of Christ, and the way of salvation by him; of the Spirit, and his work; of the Scriptures, and the doctrines of the Gospel contained in them; and, like persons in a dark prison, cannot behold the sun, nor see to read nor work; and are like those that are in the state of the dead; and indeed are dead in Adam, dead in law, dead in trespasses and sins; having no spiritual life, sense, nor motion. And here they sit, continue and remain, during the time of their ignorance, till it pleases the Lord to enlighten, quicken, and convert them. These phrases are used of the people of God after conversion, when in darkness and desertion, and under afflictive providences, Psalms 23:4. Being bound in affliction and iron; that is, with fetters of iron, which is very afflicting; see
Psalms 105:18, and fitly describes the people of God in a state of nature, who are led captive by Satan, at his will; are held with the cords and fetters of their own sins, and are shut up under the law, as a ministering of condemnation and death: or, bound with affliction, as with iron; hence we read of fetters and cords of affliction, Job 36:8, with which good men may be held for their iniquities; or, however, are chastened with them for their good, Some refer all this to the state of the Christian church under the ten persecutions, Revelation 2:10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Such as sit in darkness - The reference in these verses Psalms 107:10-14 is evidently to the children of Israel, when in Babylon; and the design is, to show the goodness of God to them in their trouble, and the occasion which they had for praising him on that account. To “sit in darkness” is significant of great ignorance (compare the notes at Luke 1:79; notes at Isaiah 9:2); or of affliction and trouble, as darkness is an emblem of calamity.
And in the shadow of death - A dark, gloomy, chilly shade such as “Death” would cast if he stood between us and the light. See the notes at Job 3:5; compare Job 10:21; Psalms 23:4; Psalms 44:19; Isaiah 9:2. The reference is to the sad and gloomy residence of the Hebrews in the land of captivity.
Being bound in affliction and iron - Captives and slaves. Compare Psalms 105:18.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 107:10. Such as sit in darkness — Here begins the SECOND similitude, which he uses to illustrate the state of the captives in Babylon, viz., that of a prisoner in a dreary dungeon.
1. They sit in or inhabit darkness. They have no light, no peace, no prosperity.
2. "In the shadow of death." The place where death reigns, over which he has projected his shadow; those against whom the sentence of death has been pronounced.
3. They are bound in this darkness, have no liberty to revisit the light, and cannot escape from their executioners.
4. They are afflicted, not only by want and privation in general, but they are tortured in the prison, עני oni, afflicted, humbled, distressed.
5. Their fetters are such as they cannot break; they are iron. The reason of their being in this wretched state is given.
