King James Version

Psalms 107:41

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

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וַיְשַׂגֵּ֣בvaysagevand be excellentשָׂגַבconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be excellent”, the next action in the storyH7682to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figurativelydefend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.אֶבְי֣וֹןevyonbeggarאֶבְיוֹןadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “beggar”, the ordinary formH34destitutebeggar, needy, poor (man).מֵע֑וֹנִיmeonifrom afflictedעֳנִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from afflicted”, the ordinary formH6040depression, i.e. miseryafflicted(-ion), trouble.וַיָּ֥שֶׂםvayasemand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…כַּ֝צֹּ֗אןkatsonas flockצֹאןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as flock”, the ordinary formH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).מִשְׁפָּחֽוֹתmishpachotfamilyמִשְׁפָּחָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “family”, the ordinary formH4940a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or peoplefamily, kind(-red).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.

Young’s Literal Translation

And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock.

World English Bible

Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

Darby Translation

But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like flocks.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But he helps the poor out of poverty, and makes him families as a flock.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐβοήθησε πένητι ἐκ πτωχείας, καὶ ἔθετο ὡς πρόβατα πατριάς·