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Verse Psalms 107:10. _SUCH AS SIT IN DARKNESS_] Here begins the SECOND
_similitude_, which he uses to illustrate the state of the captives in
Babylon, viz., that of a _prisoner in a dreary dungeon_....
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SUCH AS SIT IN DARKNESS - The reference in these verses Psalms 107:10
is evidently to the children of Israel, when in Babylon; and the
design is, to show the goodness of God to them in their trouble,...
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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., Psalms
107:31 f. by a refrain: viz. Oh that...
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AFFLICTION. oppression....
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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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Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in
affliction and iron;
SUCH AS SIT IN DARKNESS, AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH -- i:e., in a
dark and terrible prison: an image of the...
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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 pe...
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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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IN DARKNESS. — A common synonym for a dungeon. (See Isaiah 42:7;
Isaiah 49:9, both of the exiles in Babylon; comp. Micah 7:8.)
This description, applicable to prisons in all ages but the most
modern,...
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יֹ֭שְׁבֵי חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְ צַלְמָ֑וֶת
אֲסִירֵ֖י עֳנִ֣י וּ בַרְזֶֽל׃...
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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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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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Here is another striking representation, whether considered with
respect to God's providence or his grace, to show the miseries of our
nature by the fall. How do souls groan in their prison-houses! Wh...
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10._They who dwell in darkness _The Spirit of God makes mention here
of another species of danger in which God manifestly discovers his
power and grace in the protecting and delivering of men. The wor...
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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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SUCH AS SIT IN DARKNESS, AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH,.... This is the
second instance of persons in distress calling on the name of the
Lord; and who, being delivered, are under obligation to praise hi...
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Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in
affliction and iron;
Ver. 10. _Such as sit in darkness, &c._] Here come in the second sort
of God's redeemed or rescued ones, viz....
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_Such as sit in darkness_, &c. In a disconsolate and forlorn
condition, in dark prisons or dungeons; _bound in affliction and iron_
In afflicting or grievous irons: or, _in the cords of affliction_, a...
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Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, in miserable
captivity, such as that of King Manasseh, BEING BOUND IN AFFILIATION
AND IRON, bound in pain and torture, especially by iron fetters of...
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10-16 This description of prisoners and captives intimates that they
are desolate and sorrowful. In the eastern prisons the captives were
and are treated with much severity. Afflicting providences mus...
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IN DARKNESS AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH; in a disconsolate and forlorn
condition, in dark prisons or dungeons. IN AFFLICTION AND IRON; with
afflicting or grievous irons. Or, _in the cords of affliction...
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Psalms 107:10 sat H3427 (H8802) darkness H2822 death H6757 Bound H615
affliction H6040 irons H1270
as sit - Job 3:5; Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16, Matthew 22:13; Luke 1:79
bound -...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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 providen...
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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 Chronicles 33:11; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24; Isaiah 9:2; Job 3:5; Job
36:8; Job 36:9; Lamentations 3:6; Lamentations 3:7; Luke 1:79;...
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Darkness — In dark prisons or dungeons....