Psalms 107:39

“Again, they are minished ... - literally, “And they are made to decrease.” That is - all is in the hand of God. He rules and directs all things. If there is prosperity, it comes from him; if there are reverses, they occur under his hand. People are not always prosperous. There are changes, misfortunes, disappointments, sorrows. God so deals with the race as in the bests manner to secure the recognition of himself: not always sending prosperity, lest people should regard it as a thing of course, and forget that it comes from him; and not making the course of life uniformly that of disappointment and sorrow, lest they should feel that there is no God presiding over human affairs. He visits now…”

“They - These men, who when they are exalted by God, grow insolent and secure. Low - By God's just judgment. Psalms 107:40”

“107:39 People often become impoverished when their rulers practice oppression.”

“Again: The incidents detailed in these verses, which frequently occur, and mark the superintendence of a benign Providence, and the hand of a just God, appear to be brought forward to illustrate the return of the Israelites from captivity, and the punishment of their oppressors the Babylonians. Wherefore, at last, as in a common chorus, they conclude with exhorting each other to a serious consideration of these things, and to make a proper return to the Almighty. they are: Psa 30:6, Psa 30:7; Gen 45:11; Rut 1:20, Rut 1:21; Sa1 2:5-7; Kg2 4:8, Kg2 8:3; Job 1:10-17 oppression: Exo 1:13, Exo 1:14, Exo 2:23, Exo 2:24; Jdg 6:3-6; Kg2 10:32, Kg2 13:7, Kg2 13:22, Kg2 14:26; Ch2 15:5, Ch2 15:6; Jer…”

“But is also came to pass that it went ill with them, inasmuch as their flourishing prosperous condition drew down upon them the envy of the powerful and tyrannical; nevertheless God put an end to tyranny, and always brought His people again to honour and strength. Hitzig is of opinion that Psa 107:39 goes back into the time when things were different with those who, according to Psa 107:36-38, had thriven. The modus consecutivus is sometimes used thus retrospectively (vid., Isa 37:5); here, however, the symmetry of the continuation from Psa 107:36-38, and the change which is expressed in Psa 107:39 in comparison with Psa 107:38, require an actual consecution in that which is narrated. They…”