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THEY REEL TO AND FRO - The word used here - חגג _châgag_ - means
to dance as in a circle; then, to reel, or be giddy as drunkards are.
AND STAGGER ... - This word means to move to and fro; to waver;...
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THE DEUTERONOMY SECTION: BOOK FIVE: PSALM 107-150
The final section of the book of Psalms, the fifth, is just like
Deuteronomy. It shows God's ways with Israel, the end of these ways in
deliverance n...
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BOOK V. PSS. CVII.- CL.
CVII. A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Yahweh's Special Goodness. It is
divided at Psalms 107:8 f., Psalms 107:15 f., Psalms 107:21 f.,...
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MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14.
ARE AT THEIR WIT'S END. Hebrew all their wisdom swallows itself....
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THE PSALMS
BOOK THE FIFTH[474]
[474] See Table II., _ante._
PSALMS 107
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Examples of Men's Straits, leading to Prayer; and of Jehovah's
Deliverance, calling for Praise.
ANALYSIS...
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_THEY REEL TO AND FRO, AND STAGGER LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN, AND ARE AT
THEIR WIT'S END._
No JFB commentary on this vurse....
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BOOK 5
This book, which seems originally to have been joined with Book 4,
contains forty-four Pss., the vast majority of which are of late date.
The contents of these Pss. are a surer guide to the per...
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ARE AT THEIR WIT'S END] RM 'all their wisdom is swallowed up.'...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
INTRODUCTION
Here are some of the things that you should know as you read the
psalms in this book. 1. At the top of each psalm (say it "sarm") is a
title in DARK...
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(23-32) Storm-tossed mariners....
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REEL TO AND FRO. — Or more exactly, _spin round and round._
ARE AT THEIR WIT’S END. — An admirable paraphrase of the Hebrew,
“all their wisdom swalloweth itself up.” The poet, from the
expressions emp...
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יָחֹ֣וגּוּ וְ֭ יָנוּעוּ כַּ †
שִּׁכֹּ֑ור וְ...
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Psalms 107:1
NOTWITHSTANDING the division of Books which separates Psalm evil from
the two preceding, it is a pendant to these. The "gathering from among
the heathen" prayed for in Psalms 106:41 has h...
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“HIS WONDERS IN THE DEEP”
Psalms 107:17
Sickness yields the third type of suffering. Emphasis is laid on the
cause of the suffering, which in the view of the writer is
transgression and sin. We shall...
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WE now begin the fifth and last book of the Psalter. In this book the
music is richest and fullest. It begins in this psalm on the
fundamental notes, and rises through major and minor, by the way of
t...
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They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and (n) are at
their wits' end.
(n) When their art and means fail them, they are compelled to confess
that only God's providence preserves them....
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The Psalmist in these verses takes up another representation, by way
of setting forth man's wants, and God's gracious provision for him;
and this subject he draws from the events which occur upon the...
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BOOK 5 - PSALMS 107-150
In the fifth Book the people are looked at as brought back, and a
general survey of God's ways taken, with a kind of divine commentary
on it all, ending, as all His ways surel...
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THEY REEL TO AND FRO, AND STAGGER LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN,.... Through the
agitation of the water, and motion of the ship, not being able to
stand upon deck.
AND ARE AT THEIR WIT'S END; or, "all their wis...
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_They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at
their wits' end._
Ver. 27. _They reel to and fro, &c._] _Natant nautae, et vacillant
cerebro et pedibus._
And are at their wit's end...
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_They that go down to the sea in ships_ He says _go down_, because the
sea is lower than the earth, as appears by the rivers which run down
into it; _that do business in great waters_ Whose occupation...
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In the next section are set forth the perils of seafaring....
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They reel to and fro, as their frail craft is tossed about, AND
STAGGER LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN, AND ARE AT THEIR WIT'S END, altogether
helpless in the turmoil of the elements....
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ARE AT THEIR WITS END:
_ Heb._ all their wisdom is swallowed up...
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23-32 Let those who go to sea, consider and adore the Lord. Mariners
have their business upon the tempestuous ocean, and there witness
deliverances of which others cannot form an idea. How seasonable...
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STAGGER LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN; not so much from the giddiness of their
heads, which is not usual in persons accustomed to the sea, as through
the violent and various motions of the sea and the ship....
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Psalms 107:23. _They that go down to the sea in ships, that do
business in great waters; these see the works of the LORD, and his
wonders in the deep._
The Jews were never given to navigation. To «go...
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Psalms 107:1. _O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his
mercy endureth for ever._
Because we are sinners God's goodness takes the form of mercy. Mercy
this was what we wanted; therefore,...
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The psalmist exhorteth the redeemed, in praising God, to observe the
different forms of his mercy. He views the chosen people as travelers,
captives, sick men, and seamen, and in each of these classes...
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CONTENTS: God's wisdom, power and goodness celebrated. Man's
deplorable forgetfulness of His mercies.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: Those who have no special matter for praise may furnish
t...
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This psalm begins the fifth and last book of the Hebrew psalter. It is
divided into five parts or pauses, as it would seem, in the singing
and the music. The character of the composition, though diver...
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_They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great
waters._
DISTRESSED SEAMEN AND THE SOVEREIGN OF THE SEA
I. God’s sovereignty over the sea. Behind the laws there is the
Lawgiver. Be...
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_O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy en-dureth
for ever._
MEN AND MERCY
I. Men consciously needing the mercy of Heaven. Morally, we are all
distressed travellers, captives, in...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 107:1. With this psalm the members of the
community call one another to give thanks for God’s enduring
“steadfast love.” He has shown this to the people as a whole but
also...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 107:23 The fourth group consisted of sailors
caught in a storm. If these were exiles, they were sailing in the
service of a foreign king. As the storm increased in its fury, they...
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INTRODUCTION
Many expositors are of opinion that this Psalm was written to
celebrate the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile. This
opinion is based chiefly on Psalms 107:2. But the Psalm as a...
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EXPOSITION
A SONG of thanksgiving, first for deliverance from the Babylonish
captivity (Psalms 107:1), and then for other deliverances (Psalms
107:4), passing into a general account of God's provident...
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Let's turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 107:1-43. The hundred and
seventh psalm begins with an exhortation to us to
Give thanks unto the LORD (Psalms 107:1),
And the basis for the thanksgiving is His...
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Acts 27:15; Isaiah 19:14; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 29:9; Job 12:25;...