Psalms 107:33 - Exposition

He turneth rivers into a wilderness . God can, and does, by the operation of his providence, turn lands naturally fertile—lands abounding with streams—into arid wastes, either by such a physical catastrophe as that which blasted the cities of the plain ( Genesis 19:24 , Genesis 19:25 ), or by such moral changes as have turned Babylonia from a garden into a desert, a miserable howling wilderness (comp. Psalms 13:1-6 :15-22; Psalms 1:2 ; Jeremiah 1:13-15 , 38-40; Jeremiah 51:13 , Jeremiah 51:37-43 , etc.). And the water springs into dry ground . The phrase is varied, but the meaning is the same. God has full control over nature, and can either take back his blessings, or render them of no avail.