The Meaning of Psalms 107:14 Explained

Psalms 107:14

KJV: He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

YLT: He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.

Darby: He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.

ASV: He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He brought them out  of darkness  and the shadow of death,  and brake  their bands  in sunder. 

What does Psalms 107:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Psalms 107

1  The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence
4  Over travelers
10  Over captives
17  Over sick men
23  Over sailors
33  And in diverse varieties of life

What do the individual words in Psalms 107:14 mean?

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and their chains broke in pieces
יֽ֭וֹצִיאֵם מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת וּמוֹסְר֖וֹתֵיהֶ֣ם יְנַתֵּֽק

יֽ֭וֹצִיאֵם  He  brought  them  out 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְ  of  darkness 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹשֶׁךְ  
Sense: darkness, obscurity.
וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת  and  the  shadow  of  death 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: צַלְמָוֶת  
Sense: death-shadow, deep shadow, deep darkness, shadow of death.
וּמוֹסְר֖וֹתֵיהֶ֣ם  and  their  chains 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מֹוסֵר 
Sense: band, bond.
יְנַתֵּֽק  broke  in  pieces 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָתַק  
Sense: to pull or tear or draw off or away or apart, draw out, pluck up, break, li ft, root out.