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Psalms 107:20

He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

KJV

He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth them from their destructions.

ASV

יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּ֭בָר/וֹ וְ/יִרְפָּאֵ֑/ם וִֽ֝/ימַלֵּ֗ט מִ/שְּׁחִיתוֹתָֽ/ם

Hebrew

He sendeth His word and healeth them, And delivereth from their destructions.

YLT

He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ה
h
verb · 95×
ם
m
verb · 69×
ם
m
pronoun · 2×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1502The man of the Old Testament lives his sickness in the presence of God. It is before God that he laments his illness, and it is of God, Master of life and death, that he implores healing.98 Illness becomes a way to conversion; God's forgiveness initiates the healing.99 It is the experience of Israel that illness is mysteriously linked to sin and evil, and that faithfulness to G…

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 20:4 — And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
  • Acts 3:8 — And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
  • Jer 30:17 — For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
  • Job 33:23 — If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
  • Job 33:28 — He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
  • John 4:53 — So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
  • John 5:14 — Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
  • Luke 7:7 — Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
  • Luke 13:12 — And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
  • Luke 13:13 — And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
  • Luke 17:15 — And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
  • Luke 18:42 — And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
  • Mark 5:29 — And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
  • Matt 8:8 — The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
  • Matt 8:8 — The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
  • Num 21:8 — And 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.
  • Ps 30:2 — O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
  • Ps 49:15 — But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
  • Ps 56:13 — For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
  • Ps 103:3 — Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
  • Ps 147:3 — He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
  • Ps 147:15 — He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
  • Ps 147:15 — He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
  • Ps 147:18 — He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
  • Ps 147:18 — He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.