gathered. This is the subject of this last book. Gathered by His Word; and according to His Word. See the Structure, p. 826, and note, p. 827.
the lands, &c. Figure of speech Topographia (App-6), for emphasis. The Psalm looks forward to the final ingathering of Israel.
south. sea: i.e. the Red Sea.
Verse Psalms 107:3. _AND GATHERED THEM OUT OF THE LANDS_] Though many Jews returned into Jerusalem from various parts of the world, under the reigns of _Darius Hystaspes, Artaxerxes_, and _Alexander t...
AND GATHERED THEM OUT OF THE LANDS - The countries where they were scattered. In the times of the captivity the people were not all taken to one place, or did not all abide in one place. In the long e...
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...
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.,...
DISCOURSE: 681 PRAISE TO GOD FOR REDEMPTION Psalms 107:1. _O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed fro...
LET THE REDEEMED, &C.— Though these verses seem more immediately to refer to the return of the Jews from Babylon; yet the next has a more immediate reference to the deliverance out of Egypt: but it is...
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...
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD; FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER - from Psalms 106:1. The Psalmist...
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...
LANDS] i.e. foreign lands....
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...
GATHERED THEM. — The usual prophetic word for the Restoration. (See references in margin, and with the verse comp. Isaiah 49:12.) FROM THE SOUTH. — See margin. The sea here can hardly be any sea but t...
וּֽ מֵ אֲרָצֹ֗ות קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם מִ מִּזְרָ֥ח וּ
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...
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...
_Arise, my glory. Is found also in this psalm, though not here in Hebrew, &c. St. Jerome (ad Sun.) thinks some copyist has inserted it. (Calmet) --- But it seems to be here in its proper place. (Berth...
How very beautifully does this special call to the redeemed come in after the former verse! Pause, Reader! Pause, my soul! What sayest thou to this subject? Are we among the redeemed? Hath sovereign g...
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...
AND GATHERED THEM OUT OF THE LANDS,.... This cannot have respect to the bringing of the children of Israel out of Egypt; for they were not then brought out of several countries, but from one land only...
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. Ver. 3. _And gathered them out of the lands_] He beginneth with wayfaring men and exiles, bec...
_O give thanks_, &c. This whole verse occurs also Psalms 106:1; only there the address is made to the Israelites, here, it seems, to all mankind. _For his mercy endureth for ever_ “Eternal mercy is th...
and gathered them out of the lands, whither they had been led away captive, FROM THE EAST AND FROM THE WEST, FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE SOUTH, literally, "from the sea," the reference being either to...
THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM VARIOUS TROUBLES....
FROM THE SOUTH: _ Heb._ from the sea...
1-9 In these verses there is reference to the deliverance from Egypt, and perhaps that from Babylon: but the circumstances of travellers in those countries are also noted. It is scarcely possible to...
Bringing them into their own land, out of the several quarters of the world into which they had been carried. FROM THE SOUTH, Heb. _from the sea_; which in Scripture commonly notes the west, because t...
Psalms 107:3 gathered H6908 (H8765) lands H776 east H4217 west H4628 north H6828 south H3220 gathered -...
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...
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,...
Psalms 107:1. _O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever._ In the heading of this Psalm we are reminded that the psalmist here exhorts the redeemed, in praising God...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 36:24; Ezekiel 39:27; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 43:6
Gathered — Into their own land....