4 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
4 Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;
4 Some of you wandered for years in the desert, looking but not finding a good place to live,
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; They found no city to dwell in.
4 Some wandered in the wilderness, lost and homeless.
5 They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
5 hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
5 Half-starved and parched with thirst, staggering and stumbling, on the brink of exhaustion.
5 Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
5 Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died.
(Read Psalm 107:1-9)
In these verses there is reference to the deliverance from Egypt, and perhaps that from Babylon: but the circumstances of travellers in those countries are also noted. It is scarcely possible to conceive the horrors suffered by the hapless traveller, when crossing the trackless sands, exposed to the burning rays of the sum. The words describe their case whom the Lord has redeemed from the bondage of Satan; who pass through the world as a dangerous and dreary wilderness, often ready to faint through troubles, fears, and temptations. Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, after God, and communion with him, shall be filled with the goodness of his house, both in grace and glory.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 107:4
Commentary on Psalm 107:1-9
(Read Psalm 107:1-9)
In these verses there is reference to the deliverance from Egypt, and perhaps that from Babylon: but the circumstances of travellers in those countries are also noted. It is scarcely possible to conceive the horrors suffered by the hapless traveller, when crossing the trackless sands, exposed to the burning rays of the sum. The words describe their case whom the Lord has redeemed from the bondage of Satan; who pass through the world as a dangerous and dreary wilderness, often ready to faint through troubles, fears, and temptations. Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, after God, and communion with him, shall be filled with the goodness of his house, both in grace and glory.