Psalm 107:7

Translations

Modern

He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

Traditional

And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

Literal

And He made them tread on a straight path, to walk toward a city of dwelling.

Latin

…et deduxit eos in viam rectam, ut irent in civitatem habitationis.

Original

Hebrew

English

He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

Notes

Psalms 107:7–8

God led them like a shepherd (see Psalm 23:1).
Verse 8 is repeated in Psalm 107:15, 21, 31.

Psalms 107:4–9

Those who were lost in the desert wastelands thank God for his rescue. The desert wastelands might be a metaphor for leaving the path of wisdom (Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 4:10–15).

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 God Works through Prayer Making Sense of the Exile Salvation in the Psalms The Poor and Needy in the Psalms Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Jeremiah 31:9
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
Hebrews 12:22
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
Ezra 8:21–23
And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
Psalm 77:20
You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Hebrews 11:9–10
By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
Jeremiah 33:10–13
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
2 Peter 2:15
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Nehemiah 11:3
These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
Hebrews 11:16
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
Psalm 107:36
He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
Isaiah 49:8–11
This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
Psalm 107:4
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

Psalm 107:7

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