en_tn/psa/107/039.md

They

The word "They" refers to the people who were hungry but Yahweh blessed them.

were diminished

"became fewer in number"

and brought low by painful distress and suffering

AT: "because their leaders oppressed and made them suffer." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

pours contempt on

AT: "shows contempt for." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

the leaders

"the nobility" or "the upper class"

where there are no roads

"where people never go."