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Psa 107:10 — Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Such		Here begins the second comparison; in which the state of the captives in Babylon is illustrated by that of prisoners in a dreary dungeon.
as sit		Job 3:5; Isa 9:2; Mat 4:16; Mat 22:13; Luk 1:79
bound		Psa 105:18; Exd 2:23,24; 2Ch 33:11; Job 36:8,9; Lam 3:6,7; Rom 6:20,21

Correlating Passages

as sit

	Job 3:5	Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
	Isa 9:2	The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
	Mat 4:16	The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
	Mat 22:13	Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
	Luk 1:79	To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

bound

	Psa 105:18	Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
	Exd 2:23	And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
	Exd 2:24	And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
	2Ch 33:11	Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
	Job 36:8	And if [they be] bound in fetters, [and] be holden in cords of affliction;
	Job 36:9	Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
	Lam 3:6	He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old.
	Lam 3:7	He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
	Rom 6:20	For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
	Rom 6:21	What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 107:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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