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Psalm 107:38
He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
36There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
37sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
38He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
39Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
40He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
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Livestock that do not decrease make God's blessing concrete: the people grow in number, and the animals that support their lives are preserved.
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Proverbs 10:22The LORD’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.Both passages name God's blessing as the source of material abundance.
Genesis 1:28God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, …Both connect God's blessing with people multiplying, and both include animals within the account of human life.
Exodus 23:26No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.Both describe God's care for continued life, though Exodus names childbirth and lifespan while the psalm names population and livestock.
Exodus 1:7The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.Both describe people multiplying in number; Exodus names the growing people as the children of Israel.
Job 42:12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a …Both connect God's blessing with livestock, making material provision a concrete part of the blessing described.
Genesis 12:2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.Both join God's blessing with the growth of a people; Genesis speaks of making Abram a great nation.
Genesis 17:20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of …Both connect God's blessing with multiplication; Genesis names Ishmael as the recipient of that promise.
Genesis 24:35The LORD has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. The LORD has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and …Both describe God's blessing in material terms, with flocks and herds among the signs of his provision.
Leviticus 26:9“‘I will have respect for you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.Both describe God causing people to multiply; Leviticus also speaks of establishing his covenant with them.
Deuteronomy 7:14You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.Both link blessing with the flourishing of people and livestock; Deuteronomy specifies freedom from barrenness.
Psalm 128:1–6A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways.Both speak of blessing; Psalm 128 names those who fear the LORD, while Psalm 107 describes population growth and preserved livestock.
Deuteronomy 30:9The LORD your God will make you prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your …Both describe God providing increase among people and livestock, with Deuteronomy also naming the fruit of the ground.
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The next verse names oppression and sorrow; this blessing makes no promise of uninterrupted prosperity. Here, the people's growth and the preservation of their livestock come from God.
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