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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 107:40

Verse Psalms 107:40. He poureth contempt upon princes] How many have lately been raised from nothing, and set upon thrones! And how many have been cast down from thrones, and reduced to nothing! And where are now those mighty troublers of the earth? On both sides they are in general gone to give an account of themselves to God. And what an account!

Where there is no way.] Who can consider the fate of the late emperor of the French, Napoleon, without seeing the hand of God in his downfall! All the powers of Europe were leagued against him in vain; they were as stubble to his bow. "HE came, HE saw, and HE conquered" almost every where, till God, by a Russian FROST, destroyed his tens of thousands of veteran troops. And afterwards his armies of raw conscripts would have over-matched the world had not a particular providence intervened at Waterloo, when all the skill and valour of his opponents had been nearly reduced to nothing. How terrible art thou, O Lord, in thy judgments! Thou art fearful in praises, doing wonders.

The dreary rock of St. Helena, where there was no way, saw a period to the mighty conqueror, who had strode over all the countries of Europe!

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See also Psalms 107:40 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HE POURETH CONTEMPT UPON PRINCES - He treats them as if they were common people; he pays no regard in his providence to their station and rank. They are subjected to the same needs as others; they mee...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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.,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IN THE WILDERNESS, WHERE THERE IS NO WAY. a pathless waste. WILDERNESS. Hebrew. _tohu._ Rendered "without form" in Genesis 1:2, describing what "the world that then was" had become by the disruption....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE POURETH CONTEMPT UPON PRINCES— This and the two following verses contain an opposition which seems to point to Pharaoh and the children of Israel. Pharaoh was _brought to shame, and made to wander...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Quoted from Job 12:21; Job 12:24. It interrupts the connexion, and by some is omitted. 41. Cp. Job 21:11 : 'He set the needy on high from (above) affliction, and established (for him) families as a f...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל ־נְדִיבִ֑ים וַ֝ יַּתְעֵ֗ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE “LOVING-KINDNESSES OF THE LORD” Psalms 107:33 The measure changes here. From Psalms 107:33 the psalmist drops the refrain and describes, not deliverance from peril or pain, but the sudden alterna...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    He poureth (t) contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way. (t) For their wickedness and tyranny he causes the people and subjects to contemn them....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    From the wonders of redeeming grace upon the mighty waters, the Psalmist makes a transition to the dry and barren land of the wilderness, whence he takes occasion to set forth another striking represe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HE POURETH CONTEMPT UPON PRINCES,.... That is, the Lord does, who is above them; he laughs at them, and has them in derision, when they are raging against his people, cause, and interest; he sets them...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He poureth contempt upon princes_ Even princes and kings cannot secure to themselves and their posterity the continuance of their dignity, glory, and authority. Though they might be honourable, adore...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    He poureth contempt upon princes and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way, in pitiful exile....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The final paragraph refers to such as are suffering under misrule and tyranny....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WILDERNESS: Or, void place...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    33-43 What surprising changes are often made in the affairs of men! Let the present desolate state of Judea, and of other countries, explain this. If we look abroad in the world, we see many greatly...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 107:40 pours H8210 (H8802) contempt H937 princes H5081 wander H8582 (H8686) wilderness H8414 way H1870...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 107:33. _He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein._ Hearken unto this, ye who a...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He turneth rivers into a wilderness._ GOD’S MANAGEMENT OF MAN UPON THE EARTH I. It involves great revolutions. 1. In the secular department (Psalms 107:33). Sodom’s fertile soil was smitten with b...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 107:33 God displayed his righteousness by restoring Judah after the exile. ⇐ ⇔

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 21:19; 1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 6:4; 2 Kings 9:35; Acts 12:23;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Contempt — Renders them despicable. Wander — Banishes them from their own courts and kingdoms, and forces them to flee into desolate wildernesses for shelter....

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