Psalms 107:10

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They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:79 : 79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”
  • Matt 22:13 : 13 Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’
  • Rom 6:20-21 : 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness. 21 So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.
  • Exod 2:23-24 : 23 The Call of the Deliverer During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,
  • 2 Chr 33:11 : 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!
  • Job 36:8-9 : 8 But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction, 9 then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions, that they were behaving proudly.
  • Ps 105:18 : 18 The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 (9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.
  • Isa 42:7 : 7 to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.
  • Lam 3:6-7 : 6 He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago. 7 ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 Jerusalem Will Be Vindicated My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

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    13They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

    14He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

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    16For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

    17They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

    18They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

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    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

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    22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

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    11because they had rebelled against God’s commands, and rejected the instructions of the Most High.

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    18The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,

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    8They bind their kings in chains, and their nobles in iron shackles,

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    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

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    39As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

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    22When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

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    20Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

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    20in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

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    17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

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    5They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.

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    2(9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

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    10You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

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    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

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    16the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

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    11Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

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    3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

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    14The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

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    6You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

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    5Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

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    11You led us into a trap; you caused us to suffer.

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    16Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

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    19Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

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    10May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

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    10let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.”

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    25They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.