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Psalm 107

Psa. 107:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Fools
'eviyl (Hebrew #191)
(figuratively) silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish) (man).
Pronounce: ev-eel'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
because
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
q of their transgression
pesha` (Hebrew #6588)
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
KJV usage: rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
Pronounce: peh'-shah
Origin: from 6586
, and because of their iniquities
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
, are afflicted
`anah (Hebrew #6031)
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
KJV usage: abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), speak (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), submit self, weaken, X in any wise.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (possibly rather ident. with 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI} through the idea of looking down or browbeating)
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Psa. 38:3,5• 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
 5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. (Psa. 38:3,5)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Fools.This is the third comparison; the captives being compared to persons in a dangerous malady, as the consequences of their own sins.
Psa. 14:1• 1<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. (Psa. 14:1)
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Psa. 92:6• 6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. (Psa. 92:6)
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Prov. 1:22• 22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? (Prov. 1:22)
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Prov. 7:7,22• 7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
 22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; (Prov. 7:7,22)
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Psa. 38:1‑8• 1<<A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.>> O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
 4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
 5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
 6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
 7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
 8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. (Psa. 38:1‑8)
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Num. 11:33‑34• 33And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
 34And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. (Num. 11:33‑34)
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Num. 12:10‑13• 10And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
 11And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
 12Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
 13And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. (Num. 12:10‑13)
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Num. 21:5‑9• 5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
 6And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
 7Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
 8And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
 9And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. (Num. 21:5‑9)
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Isa. 57:17‑18• 17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
 18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. (Isa. 57:17‑18)
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Jer. 2:19• 19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts. (Jer. 2:19)
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Lam. 3:39• 39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? (Lam. 3:39)
• Thirdly, they are viewed as fools dying for the want of knowledge, but again having cried to the Lord He raised them up and healed them (vs. 17-22). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• (vv. 17-22) Thirdly, because of their folly and transgressions, men may be afflicted in body, so that they draw nigh to death. (“Psalms 107” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;