King James Version

Psalms 107:39

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

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וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּvayimatvand fewמָעַטconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and few”, the next action in the storyH4591properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, [idiom] borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, ([idiom] give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.וַיָּשֹׁ֑חוּvayashochvand bendשָׁחַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bend”, the next action in the storyH7817to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.מֵעֹ֖צֶרmeotserfrom oppressionעֹצֶרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from oppression”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6115closure; also constraint[idiom] barren, oppression, [idiom] prison.רָעָ֣הraahbadרַעnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…וְיָגֽוֹןveyagonand griefיָגוֹןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and grief”, the ordinary formH3015afflictiongrief, sorrow.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

World English Bible

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

Darby Translation

And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils and pain.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ὠλιγώθησαν καὶ ἐκακώθησαν ἀπὸ θλίψεως κακῶν καὶ ὀδύνης.