Psalms 107:16 · KJV
“For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.”
— Psalms 107:16
Oh that {men} would praise the LORD {for} his goodness, and {for} his wonderful works to the children of men!
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Psalms 107 — Context
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15Oh that {men} would praise the LORD {for} his goodness, and {for} his wonderful works to the children of men!
16For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Cross References
Isaiah 45:1-2
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; {have...: or, strengthened}
Judges 16:3
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put {them} upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that {is} before Hebron. {bar...: Heb. with the bar}
Micah 2:13
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.