Psalm 107:34

Translations

Modern

…and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

Traditional

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Literal

…a land of fruit into salty ground, from the wickedness of those dwelling in it.

Latin

…terram fructiferam in salsuginem, a malitia inhabitantium in ea.

Original

Hebrew

English

…and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

Notes

Psalms 107:33–35

The Lord can choose to make the earth fertile or barren (Psalm 74:15; Isaiah 35:6–7).

Psalms 107:33–42

These two sections (Psalm 107:33–38, 39–42) expand the theme of the Lord’s complete authority and power over things that humans cannot control.

Psalms 107:1–43

This psalm is a hymn of praise to God the Redeemer. The psalmist begins by urging the redeemed to praise God for his goodness (Psalm 107:1–3). The psalmist then presents four examples of people whom the Lord saved from trouble (Psalm 107:4–32). He summarizes the Lord’s control over everything (Psalm 107:33–42) and ends with an invitation to recognize God’s loving devotion in all parts of life (107:43).

Theme notes and profiles

David Making Sense of the Exile Salvation in the Psalms Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Genesis 13:10
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 14:3
The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
Ezekiel 47:11
But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
Deuteronomy 29:23–28
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Isaiah 32:13–15
…and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
Genesis 19:24–25
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Psalm 107:34

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