Psalm 107:38
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New International Version (©2011)
he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.

New Living Translation (©2007)
How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of livestock increase.

English Standard Version (©2001)
By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their livestock decrease.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then he blessed them, and they became numerous; he multiplied their cattle.

NET Bible (©2006)
He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
He blessed them and they multiplied greatly and he did not diminish their cattle.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He blesses them, and their numbers multiply, and he does not allow a shortage of cattle.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and permits not their cattle to decrease.

American King James Version
He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers not their cattle to decrease.

American Standard Version
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.

Darby Bible Translation
And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

English Revised Version
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Webster's Bible Translation
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

World English Bible
He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease.

Young's Literal Translation
And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

107:33-43 What surprising changes are often made in the affairs of men! Let the present desolate state of Judea, and of other countries, explain this. If we look abroad in the world, we see many greatly increase, whose beginning was small. We see many who have thus suddenly risen, as suddenly brought to nothing. Worldly wealth is uncertain; often those who are filled with it, ere they are aware, lose it again. God has many ways of making men poor. The righteous shall rejoice. It shall fully convince all those who deny the Divine Providence. When sinners see how justly God takes away the gifts they have abused, they will not have a word to say. It is of great use to us to be fully assured of God's goodness, and duly affected with it. It is our wisdom to mind our duty, and to refer our comfort to him. A truly wise person will treasure in his heart this delightful psalm. From it, he will fully understand the weakness and wretchedness of man, and the power and loving-kindness of God, not for our merit, but for his mercy's sake.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 38. - He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. With in creasing prosperity comes increase of population, naturally - i.e. by God's ordinary providence. This increase is, however, only a blessing within certain limits. And suffereth not their cattle to decrease. This modest under-statement suggests an enormous increase (comp. Job 42:12).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly,.... Not only their fields and vineyards are blessed with an increase, but these husbandmen themselves; as man at his first creation was bid to do, being blessed of God; and as the Israelites were in Egypt, Genesis 1:28 and which may spiritually denote the great number of converts to Christian churches, especially in the latter day, Jeremiah 30:19.

And suffereth not their cattle to decrease; their sheep and oxen, which is reckoned a great temporal happiness, Psalm 144:13, and may signify that God does and will give a sufficient number of Gospel ministers, comparable to oxen for their laboriousness, that shall in all ages minister to his churches; see 1 Corinthians 9:9.

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His Loving Kindness Endures Forever
…37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers not their cattle to decrease. 39Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. …

Genesis 12:2 "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
Genesis 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
Exodus 1:7 but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.
Deuteronomy 1:10 The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Deuteronomy 7:14 You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young.