Psalms 107:18 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 107:18

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

KJV

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WEB

They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

ASV

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.

YLT

All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,

DBT

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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8 verses on the floor

Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Psalms 9:13
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Job 33:19–22
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

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It is the sin of the soul that is the cause of sickness; we bring it upon ourselves both meritoriously and efficiently: Fools, because of their transgression, are thus afflicted; they are thus corrected for the sins they have committed and thus cured of their evil inclinations to sin.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Whether the same or not, this exigency illustrates that dispensation of God according to which sin brings its own punishment. are afflicted--literally, "afflict themselves," that is, bring on disease, denoted by loathing of food, and drawing

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

And when the appetite is gone the life is as good as gone: They draw near unto the gates of death; they are, in their own apprehension and in the apprehension of all about them, at the brink of the grave, as ready to be turned to destruction. Then is a proper time for prayer: Then they cry unto the Lord,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 107:18JOB 38:17 PSA 9:13
PSA 107:18ISA 38:10 PSA 102:24
PSA 107:18ISA 38:10 2CO 1:9
PSA 107:18PSA 88:3 MRK 14:33-34
PSA 107:18PSA 9:13 PSA 30:3
PSA 107:18JOB 38:17 JOB 3:5
PSA 107:18PSA 88:3 LAM 3:15-19
PSA 107:18JOB 38:17 JOB 12:22

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