Psalms 107:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.”
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“He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 107:12 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Exodus 5:18Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
- Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
- Judges 16:21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
- Judges 16:30Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
- 2 Kings 6:26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
- 2 Kings 6:33While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
- 2 Kings 14:26For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
- Nehemiah 9:37Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
- Job 9:13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
- Psalms 18:40You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
- Psalms 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
- Psalms 142:4Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- Isaiah 51:19These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
- Isaiah 51:23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
- Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
- Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
- Lamentations 5:5We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
- Luke 15:14After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
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