Psalm 107:12
New International Version
So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

New Living Translation
That is why he broke them with hard labor; they fell, and no one was there to help them.

English Standard Version
So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.

Berean Standard Bible
He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

King James Bible
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

New King James Version
Therefore He brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was no one to help.

NASB 1995
Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help.

NASB 1977
Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help.

Legacy Standard Bible
So He subdued their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help.

Amplified Bible
Therefore He humbled their heart with hard labor; They stumbled and there was no one to help.

Christian Standard Bible
He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

American Standard Version
Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He broke their heart with toil and they were sick and there was no helper for them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So their heart was brought low with troubles; they were weak, and there was no helper.

Contemporary English Version
You were worn out from working like slaves, and no one came to help.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and their was none to help them.

English Revised Version
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So he humbled them with hard work. They fell down, but no one was there to help them.

Good News Translation
They were worn out from hard work; they would fall down, and no one would help.

International Standard Version
He humbled them through suffering, as they stumbled without a helper.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, They stumbled, and there was none to help--

Literal Standard Version
And He humbles their heart with labor, | They have been feeble, and there is no helper.

Majority Standard Bible
He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

New American Bible
He humbled their hearts through hardship; they stumbled with no one to help.

NET Bible
So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.

New Revised Standard Version
Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell down, with no one to help.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.

World English Bible
Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.

Young's Literal Translation
And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper.

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Audio Bible



Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. 12He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. 13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.…

Cross References
Psalm 22:11
Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

Psalm 72:12
For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

Psalm 99:8
O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.


Treasury of Scripture

Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.

he brought

Exodus 2:23
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

Exodus 5:18,19
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks…

Judges 10:16-18
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel…

and there

Psalm 18:40,41
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me…

Psalm 22:11
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Psalm 142:4
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

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Psalm 107
1. The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence
4. Over travelers
10. Over captives
17. Over sick men
23. Over sailors
33. And in diverse varieties of life.














(12) Brought down.--Literally, made them bend.

Fell down.--Better, stumbled.

The whole verse presents a picture of men staggering under the forced labour which was the usual fate of captives under the great Oriental monarchies.

Verse 12. - Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; rather, with misery, or with sorrow. They fell down; i.e. collapsed - sank to the earth. And there was none to help. They were like Job; no one gave them any help in their affliction.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He humbled
וַיַּכְנַ֣ע (way·yaḵ·na‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3665: To bend the knee, to humiliate, vanquish

their hearts
לִבָּ֑ם (lib·bām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

with hard labor;
בֶּעָמָ֣ל (be·‘ā·māl)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

they stumbled,
כָּ֝שְׁל֗וּ (kā·šə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall

and there was no
וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

one to help.
עֹזֵֽר׃ (‘ō·zêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5826: To surround, protect, aid


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