Psalms 107:36
He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
BSB
ASV
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,
KJV
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
And He settled there the hungry, and they established a city for habitation, the church. There He sowed fields according to the fallen seed into good and rich land yielding a hundredfold, and planted vineyards. For the vines are the disciples of the Lord, who also bore fruit of birth. And He blessed them and they multiplied greatly. But the Lord, who saves both humans and animals, did not deem the smallest among them to be insignificant; for it is written: "And He did not diminish their cattle."
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, where none could dwell before. They will appreciate the change and prize his grace; as the barrenness of the land caused their hunger so will its fertility banish it for ever, and they will settle down a happy and thankful people to bless God for every handful of corn which the land yields to them. None are so ready to return a revenue of praise to God for great mercies as those who have known the lack of them.
He punishes the wicked by destroying the sources of fertility, or, in mercy, gives fruitfulness to deserts, which become the homes of a busy and successful agricultural population. By a permitted misrule and tyranny, this scene of prosperity is changed to one of adversity.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
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Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
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Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
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Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
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Psalms 146:7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
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The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
