Psalms 107:40 · KJV
“He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, {where there is} no way. {wilderness: or, void place}”
— Psalms 107:40
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh {him} families like a flock. {from: or, after}
Psalms 107 — Context
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, {where there is} no way. {wilderness: or, void place}
41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh {him} families like a flock. {from: or, after}
42The righteous shall see {it}, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Cross References
Job 12:24
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness {where there is} no way.
Job 12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. {weakeneth...: or, looseth the girdle of the strong}
Daniel 4:33
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' {feathers}, and his nails like birds' {claws}.
Isaiah 23:8-9
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning {city}, whose merchants {are} princes, whose traffickers {are} the honourable of the earth?
1 Kings 21:19
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
1 Samuel 6:4
Then said they, What {shall be} the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, {according to} the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague {was} on you all, and on your lords. {you: Heb. them}
Jeremiah 13:15-18
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
Exodus 8:3
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: {kneadingtroughs: or, dough}