Psalms 107:41 · KJV
“Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh {him} families like a flock. {from: or, after}”
— Psalms 107:41
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, {where there is} no way. {wilderness: or, void place}
The righteous shall see {it}, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Psalms 107 — Context
Again, 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.
43Whoso {is} wise, and will observe these {things}, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and} lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set {them} among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth {are} the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
Job 21:11
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Psalms 78:52
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Isaiah 49:20-22
The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place {is} too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
1 Samuel 2:21
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
Job 8:7
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Esther 8:15-17
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. {blue: or, violet}
James 5:11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.