Psalms

Psalm 107:40–41

⁴⁰He pours out contempt on the nobles

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

⁴¹But He lifts the needy from affliction

and increases their families like flocks.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He pours out	שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ	šō·p̄êḵ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H8210 pour out, pour
contempt	בּ֭וּז	būz	Noun - masculine singular	H937 contempt
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the nobles	נְדִיבִ֑ים	nə·ḏî·ḇîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H5081 inclined, generous, noble
and makes them wander	וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם	way·yaṯ·‘êm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H8582 err
in a trackless	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
wasteland	בְּתֹ֣הוּ	bə·ṯō·hū	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But He lifts	וַיְשַׂגֵּ֣ב	way·śag·gêḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7682 be
the needy	אֶבְי֣וֹן	’eḇ·yō·wn	Adjective - masculine singular	H34 in want, needy, poor
from affliction	מֵע֑וֹנִי	mê·‘ō·w·nî	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H6040 affliction, poverty
and increases	וַיָּ֥שֶׂם	way·yā·śem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
their families	מִשְׁפָּחֽוֹת׃	miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H4940 clan
like flocks	כַּ֝צֹּ֗אן	kaṣ·ṣōn	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 107:40 Job 12:24 · Job 12:21 · Daniel 4:33 · Isaiah 23:8–9 · Revelation 19:18 · Psalm 107:4 · 1 Samuel 5:9 · Exodus 8:17 · 1 Kings 21:19 · Jeremiah 13:15–18 · 1 Samuel 6:4 · Exodus 8:3

Psalm 107:41 1 Samuel 2:8 · Job 21:11 · 1 Samuel 2:21 · Isaiah 49:20–22 · Job 8:7 · Psalm 78:52 · Esther 8:15–17 · Ruth 4:14–17 · Job 42:10–12 · Job 5:11 · James 5:11 · Job 11:15–19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.