King James Version

Psalms 107:12

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

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וַיַּכְנַ֣עvayakhnaand bring downכָּנַעconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring down”, the next action in the storyH3665properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquishbring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.בֶּעָמָ֣לbeamalin toilעָמָלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in toil”, the ordinary formH5999toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mindgrievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.לִבָּ֑םlibamcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…כָּ֝שְׁל֗וּkashelvfallכָּשַׁלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “fall”, a completed actionH3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fallbereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, [idiom] utterly, be weak.וְאֵ֣יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).עֹזֵֽרozerhelpעָזַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “help”, a verb used as a describing wordH5826to surround, i.e. protect or aidhelp, succour.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help —

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.

Young’s Literal Translation

And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper.

World English Bible

Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.

Darby Translation

And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:

Douay-Rheims

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So their heart was brought low with troubles; they were weak, and there was no helper.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐταπεινώθη ἐν κόποις ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν, ἠσθένησαν καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν.