Psalm 107:42
 Psalm 107:42 
New International Version (©2011)
The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The upright see it and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The upright see it and rejoice, and all injustice shuts its mouth.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut.

NET Bible (©2006)
When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
For the righteous ones will see and will rejoice and all the evil ones will shut their jaws.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Decent people will see this and rejoice, but all the wicked people will shut their mouths.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.

American King James Version
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

American Standard Version
The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop their mouth.

Darby Bible Translation
The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.

English Revised Version
The upright shall see it, and be glad; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Webster's Bible Translation
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

World English Bible
The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

Young's Literal Translation
The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.

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 42. - The righteous shall see it, and rejoice. Experience will justify God's ways to man. "The righteous" - his people - will see that the general course of God's providence is such as described (vers. 33 - 41), and will "rejoice" that it is so. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth. The gain sayers, unable to impugn the righteousness of the Divine proceedings, shall have no resource but to sit still and hold their tongues.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The righteous shall see it, and rejoice,.... Shall see the increase and prosperity of the saints, the glory of the church in the latter day, and rejoice at it; the judgments of God upon the wicked, upon antichristian princes and states, and rejoice on that account; see Revelation 18:20 and the several deliverances of persons in distress before mentioned, and rejoice with them that rejoice; which is what good men ought to do, Romans 12:15.

And all iniquity shall stop her mouth; men of iniquity, very bad men, the man of sin and his followers, and all profane and atheistical persons, who will be silenced and have nothing to say against the providence of God; will be confounded, and through shame lay their hand on their mouths and be struck with admiration at the wonderful things done by the Lord for his people; nor will they have anything to say against their own condemnation.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

42, 43. In this providential government, good men will rejoice, and the cavils of the wicked will be stopped (Job 5:16; Isa 52:15), and all who take right views will appreciate God's unfailing mercy and unbounded love.


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His Loving Kindness Endures Forever
41Yet sets he the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock. 42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 43Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving kindness of the LORD.

Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Job 5:16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
Job 22:19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,
Psalm 52:6 The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at you, saying,
Psalm 58:10 The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psalm 63:11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
Psalm 119:74 May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.