Psalms 107:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. ”

• Psalms 107:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Therefore he brought down their heart - Their pride; their self-sufficiency; their self-complacency. They thought that they could do without God; they relied on their own resources, and were self...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  BOOK V. PSS. CVII.- CL. CVII. A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Yahweh's Special Goodness. It is divided at Psalms 107:8 f., Psalms 107:15 f., Psalms 107:21 f., Psalms 107:31 f. by a refrain: v...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  none to help . no sign of. helper.

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• Psalms 107:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. He brought down their heart with labor - He delivered them into the hands of their enemies. and, as th...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. Therefore he brought down their heart with labour. Their heart had been proud and rebellious. Th...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Book 5 This book, which seems originally to have been joined with Book 4, contains forty-four Pss., the vast majority of which are of late date. The contents of these Pss. are a surer guide to the...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (10-16) The prisoners.

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• Psalms 107:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 107:1-43 NOTWITHSTANDING the division of Books which separates Psalm evil from the two preceding, it is a pendant to these. The "gathering from among the heathen" prayed for in Psalms 106:...

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• Psalms 107:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  WE now begin the fifth and last book of the Psalter. In this book the music is richest and fullest. It begins in this psalm on the fundamental notes, and rises through major and minor, by the way of...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here is another striking representation, whether considered with respect to God's providence or his grace, to show the miseries of our nature by the fall. How do souls groan in their prison-houses! W...

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• Psalms 107:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Therefore he brought down their heart with labour ,.... Humbled them under his mighty hand; brought down their haughty spirits and proud stomachs by one afflictive providence or another; by which th...

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• Psalms 107:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and [there was] none to help. Ver. 12. Therefore he brought down their heart ] That proud piece of flesh, Quod erat elatum et ve...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Such as sit in darkness , &c. In a disconsolate and forlorn condition, in dark prisons or dungeons; bound in affliction and iron In afflicting or grievous irons: or, in the cords of afflictio...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Divine Goodness towards Prisoners.       10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in afflicti...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Their heart; the pride, and rebellion, and obstinacy of their hearts. With labour; or, with trouble or troubles . They fell into their enemy's hands, and into hopeless and remediless miseries....

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• Psalms 107:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION Many expositors are of opinion that this Psalm was written to celebrate the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile. This opinion is based chiefly on Psalms 107:2-3 . But the Psal...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Psalms 107:1 . O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. In the heading of this Psalm we are reminded that the psalmist here exhorts the redeemed, in praising...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  This psalm begins the fifth and last book of the Hebrew psalter. It is divided into five parts or pauses, as it would seem, in the singing and the music. The character of the composition, though dive...

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• Psalms 107:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy en-dureth for ever. Men and mercy I. Men consciously needing the mercy of Heaven. Morally, we are all distressed travellers, captives,...

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• Psalms 107:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION A SONG of thanksgiving, first for deliverance from the Babylonish captivity ( Psalms 107:1-19 ), and then for other deliverances ( Psalms 107:4-19 ), passing into a general account...

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• Psalms 107:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The second paragraph treats of captives.

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• Psalms 107:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 6:26 ; 2 Kings 6:27 ; 2 Kings 6:33 ; Exodus 2:23 ; Exodus 5:18 ; Exodus 5:19 ; Isaiah 51:19 ; Isaiah 51:20 ; Isaiah 51:23 ; Isaiah 52:5 ; Isaiah 63:5 ; Job 9:13 ; Judges 10:16-18...

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• Psalms 107:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Heart — The pride and obstinacy of their hearts. Fell — They fell into hopeless miseries.

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