Psalms 107:3
Gathered — Into their own land.... [ Continue Reading ]
Gathered — Into their own land.... [ Continue Reading ]
No city — Or rather, no town inhabited, where they might refresh themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord — Heb. Unto Jehovah, to the true God. For the Heathens had, many of them, some knowledge of the true God.... [ Continue Reading ]
Forth — Out of the wilderness.... [ Continue Reading ]
Darkness — In dark prisons or dungeons.... [ Continue Reading ]
Heart — The pride and obstinacy of their hearts. Fell — They fell into hopeless miseries.... [ Continue Reading ]
Afflicted — With sickness.... [ Continue Reading ]
Word — His command, or blessing.... [ Continue Reading ]
Exalt him — In public assemblies, and before all persons, as they have opportunity. Elders — The magistrates or rulers; let them not be ashamed nor afraid to speak of God's wonderful works, before the greatest of men.... [ Continue Reading ]
Rivers — Those grounds which are well watered, and therefore fruitful. And so the water — springs, here, and the standing water, Psalms 107:35 are taken. Into — Into a dry ground, which is like a parched and barren wilderness.... [ Continue Reading ]
For — He doth not inflict these judgments without cause, but for the punishment of sin in some, and the prevention of it in others.... [ Continue Reading ]
Water — Into a well — watered and fruitful land.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hungry — Poor people who could not provide for themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
They — These men, who when they are exalted by God, grow insolent and secure. Low — By God's just judgment.... [ Continue Reading ]
Contempt — Renders them despicable. Wander — Banishes them from their own courts and kingdoms, and forces them to flee into desolate wildernesses for shelter.... [ Continue Reading ]