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Verse Psalms 107:26. _THEY MOUNT UP TO THE HEAVEN_] This is a most
natural and striking description of the state of a ship at sea in a
storm: when the _sea_ appears to _run mountains high_, and the v...
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THEY MOUNT UP TO THE HEAVEN - The mariners. That it refers to the
seamen, and not to the waves, is apparent from the close of the verse:
“their soul is melted.”
THEY GO DOWN AGAIN TO THE DEPTHS - The...
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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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_PSALMS 107:26_. &C. _THEY MOUNT UP,_ &C.— There cannot be conceived
any thing more poetical or sublime, than this description of a storm
at sea; a subject on which the most celebrated poets have empl...
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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 mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their
soul is melted because of trouble.
THEY MOUNT UP TO THE HEAVEN, THEY GO DOWN AGAIN TO THE DEPTHS - (.)
Depths, or 'floods.'...
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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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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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THEY MOUNT UP. —
“Tollimur in cœlum curvato gurgite, et idem
Subducta ad Manes imos desedimus unda.”
VIRGIL: _Æn._ iii. 564.
THEIR SOUL IS MELTED. — The recollection of seasickness is the best
comme...
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יַעֲל֣וּ שָׁ֭מַיִם יֵרְד֣וּ
תְהֹומֹ֑ות נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בְּ...
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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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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 MOUNT UP TO THE HEAVEN,.... The waves which are lifted up by the
stormy wind, and the ships which are upon them, and the men in them.
THEY GO DOWN AGAIN TO THE DEPTHS: one while they seem to rea...
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They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their
soul is melted because of trouble.
Ver. 26. _They mount up to the heaven, they go down, &c._] An elegant
hypotyposis or descriptio...
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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 mount up to the heaven, their crests rising up like mountains,
THEY GO DOWN AGAIN TO THE DEPTHS, in the deep troughs between the
billows; THEIR SOUL IS MELTED BECAUSE OF TROUBLE, that is, the hea...
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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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TO THE DEPTHS; towards the bottom of the sea. BECAUSE OF TROUBLE;
through the perplexity of their minds, and fear of sudden and violent
death....
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Psalms 107:26 up H5927 (H8799) heavens H8064 down H3381 (H8799) depths
H8415 soul H5315 melts H4127 ...
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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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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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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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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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_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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_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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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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2 Samuel 17:10; Isaiah 13:7; Nahum 2:10; Psalms 119:28; Psalms 22:14