The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 107:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. It is, perhaps, best to divide this verse as was done by the LXX; who attached דרךְ, "way," to the latter clause. So Cheyne, who translates, "They wandered in the wilderness, yea, in the desert; they found no road to a city of habitation."

So also Rosenmüller.

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