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Psalm 107:20
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
18Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
19Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
20He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
21Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
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The mention of graves gives weight to the healing: God's word reaches people whose trouble has brought them close to death.
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Matthew 8:8The centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.The psalm describes healing through God's word, and the centurion trusts that Jesus can heal his servant with a word.
Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says the LORD, “because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no …Both passages name God as the one who heals, with Jeremiah addressing Zion's wounds and the psalm describing rescue from death.
Psalm 103:3–4who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,Both psalms credit God with healing, while Psalm 103 also names his forgiveness of sins.
Psalm 147:15He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.Both passages describe God sending his word, with Psalm 107 naming healing and deliverance as its effects.
Psalm 147:3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.Both passages speak of God's healing, one describing people near death and the other people broken in heart.
2 Kings 20:4–5Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, the LORD’s word came to him, saying,Both texts describe God's word being sent or received; the supplied line from Kings names Isaiah as its recipient.
Job 33:28–30He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’Both passages describe rescue from death, expressed as deliverance from graves in the psalm and redemption from the pit in Job.
Psalm 56:13For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.Both psalms credit God with deliverance from death, with Psalm 56 voicing the rescued person's thanks.
Job 33:23–26“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,The shared thread is limited to communication: the psalm names God's healing word, while Job describes an interpreter showing someone what is right.
Numbers 21:8–9The LORD said to Moses, “Make a venomous snake, and set it on a pole. It shall happen that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”Both passages link God's speech with preservation of life; Numbers specifies his command concerning the snake on a pole.
Luke 7:7Therefore I didn’t even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.The psalm describes God's word bringing healing, and Luke records confidence that Jesus' word can heal a servant.
Luke 13:12When Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”Both passages connect speech with healing: God sends his word in the psalm, and Jesus declares a woman freed from infirmity.
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You may ask God for healing while the outcome remains unknown. This psalm praises his power to rescue people at the edge of death.
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