Chapter 107

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am 3468, bc 536 (Title), The author of this Psalm is unknown; but it was evidently written to commemorate the return of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; and it may easily be perceived that it must have been sung in alternate parts, having a double burden, or two intercalary verses often recurring. Bp. Lowth considers it as written "after the method of the ancient pastorals, where, be the subject of their verse what it will, each swain endeavours to excel the other; and one may perceive their thoughts and expressions gradually to rise upon each other." "No doubt," he adds, "the composition of this Psalm is admirable throughout; and the descriptive part of it adds at least its share of beauty to the whole; but what is most to be admired is its conciseness, and withal the expressiveness of the diction, which strikes the imagination with illimitable elegance. The weary and bewildered traveller - the miserable captive in the dungeon - the sick and dying man - the seaman foundering in a storm - are described in so affecting a manner, that they far exceed anything of the kind, though never so much laboured."

Give Ps 106:1, Ps 118:1, Ps 136:1-26; 1Chr 16:34, 1Chr 16:41; 2Chr 5:13, 2Chr 7:3, 2Chr 7:6, 2Chr 20:21

good Ps 119:68; Matt 19:17

for his mercy Ps 103:17; Luke 1:50


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Let the Ps 31:5, Ps 130:8; Exod 15:16; Deut 15:15; Isa 35:9, Isa 43:1, Isa 44:22; Luke 1:68; Luke 24:21; Gal 3:13; Titus 2:14; 1Pet 1:18-19

from Ps 106:10; Deut 7:8; Jer 15:21, Jer 31:11; Mic 4:10; Luke 1:74


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gathered Ps 106:47; Isa 11:11-16, Isa 43:5-6, Isa 49:12; Jer 29:14, Jer 31:8, Jer 31:10; Ezek 36:24; Ezek 39:27; Rev 5:9

south Heb. sea


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wandered Ps 107:40; Gen 21:14-16; Num 14:33; Deut 8:15, Deut 32:10; Job 12:24; Ezek 34:6, Ezek 34:12; Heb 11:38; Rev 12:6

they found This is the first similitude; in which the Israelites in captivity are compared to travellers in a dreary, uninhabited, and barren desert, spent with hunger and thirst, as well as by the fatigues of the journey.


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Judg 15:18-19; 1Sam 30:11-12; Isa 44:12; Jer 14:18; Lam 2:19; Mark 8:2-3


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Then Ps 107:13, Ps 107:19, Ps 107:28, Ps 50:15, Ps 91:15; Isa 41:17-18; Jer 29:12-14; Hos 5:15; Heb 4:15-16

he delivered 2Cor 1:8-10, 2Cor 12:8-10; 2Tim 3:11


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he led Ps 77:20, Ps 78:52, Ps 136:16; Ezra 8:21-23; Isa 30:21, Isa 35:8-10, Isa 48:17; Isa 49:8-11, Isa 63:13-14; Jer 6:16, Jer 31:9; 2Pet 2:15, 2Pet 2:21

that they Ps 107:4, Ps 107:36; Neh 11:3; Jer 31:24, Jer 31:38-40, Jer 33:10-13; Heb 11:9-10, Heb 11:16, Heb 12:22; Rev 21:2-4, Rev 21:10-27


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Oh that men Ps 107:15, Ps 107:21, Ps 107:31, Ps 81:13-16; Deut 5:29, Deut 32:29; Isa 48:18

praise Ps 34:3, Ps 92:1-2, Ps 147:1; Isa 63:7

his wonderful Ps 40:5, Ps 78:4, Ps 111:4; Dan 4:2-3, Dan 6:27


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Ps 34:10, Ps 132:15, Ps 146:7; Isa 55:1-3; Jer 31:14, Jer 31:25; Matt 5:6; Luke 1:53; Rev 7:16-17


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Such Here begins the second comparison; in which the state of the captives in Babylon is illustrated by that of prisoners in a dreary dungeon.

as sit Job 3:5; Isa 9:2; Matt 4:16, Matt 22:13; Luke 1:79

bound Ps 105:18; Exod 2:23-24; 2Chr 33:11; Job 36:8-9; Lam 3:6-7; Rom 6:20-21


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Because Ps 68:6, Ps 68:18, Ps 106:43; Isa 63:10-11; Lam 3:39-42, Lam 5:15-17

contemned Ps 73:24, Ps 113:7-9, Ps 119:24; 2Chr 25:15-16, 2Chr 33:10; Prov 1:25, Prov 1:30-31; 1Sam 2:5-8; Isa 5:19; Jer 44:16; Luke 7:30, Luke 16:14; Acts 20:27; Rom 1:28


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he brought Exod 2:23, Exod 5:18-19; Judg 10:16-18, Judg 16:21, Judg 16:30; Neh 9:37; Isa 51:19-20, Isa 51:23; Isa 52:5; Lam 5:5-6; Luke 15:14-17

and there Ps 18:40-41, Ps 22:11, Ps 142:4; 2Kgs 6:26-27, 2Kgs 6:33; Job 9:13; Isa 63:5


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Ps 107:6, Ps 107:19, Ps 107:28, Ps 18:6, Ps 116:3-6; Exod 3:7-8; Judg 4:3, Judg 6:6-10, Judg 10:10-18; 2Chr 33:12-13, 2Chr 33:18-19; Jer 31:18-20


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brought Ps 107:10, Ps 68:6; Job 3:5, Job 10:21-22, Job 15:22, Job 15:30, Job 19:8, Job 33:30, Job 42:10-12; Isa 42:16, Isa 49:9, Isa 60:1-3; Eph 5:8; 1Pet 2:9

brake Ps 102:20, Ps 105:19-20, Ps 116:16, Ps 146:7; Job 36:8; Isa 61:1; Jer 52:31-34; Zech 9:11-12; Acts 5:19, Acts 5:25, Acts 12:7-10, Acts 16:26-40


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Ps 107:8, Ps 107:21, Ps 107:31, Ps 116:17-19


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Judg 16:3; Isa 45:1-2; Mic 2:13


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Fools This is the third comparison; the captives being compared to persons in a dangerous malady, as the consequences of their own sins. Ps 14:1, Ps 92:6; Prov 1:22, Prov 7:7, Prov 7:22

because Ps 38:1-8; Num 11:33-34, Num 12:10-13, Num 21:5-9; Isa 57:17-18; Jer 2:19; Lam 3:39


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abhorreth Job 33:19-22

and they Ps 9:13, Ps 88:3; Isa 38:10


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Ps 107:6, Ps 107:13, Ps 107:28, Ps 30:8-12, Ps 34:4-6, Ps 78:34-35, Ps 116:4-8; Jer 33:3


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He sent Ps 147:15, Ps 147:19; 2Kgs 20:4-5; Matt 8:8

healed Ps 30:2-3, Ps 103:3-4, Ps 147:3; Num 21:8-9; Job 33:23-26

delivered Ps 49:15, Ps 56:13; Job 33:28-30


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Ps 107:8, Ps 107:15, Ps 107:31, Ps 66:5; 2Chr 32:25; Luke 17:18


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sacrifice Ps 50:14, Ps 116:12, Ps 116:17; Lev 7:12; Heb 13:15; 1Pet 2:5, 1Pet 2:9

declare Ps 9:11, Ps 73:28, Ps 105:1-2, Ps 118:17; Isa 12:4

rejoicing Heb. singing


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They This is the fourth comparison; their captivity was as dangerous and alarming as a dreadful tempest at sea; with a most natural and striking description of which we are here presented.

go down Ps 48:7; Ezek 27:26; Acts 27:9-28:31; Rev 18:17


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his wonders Ps 95:5, Ps 104:24-27; Job 38:8-11


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he commandeth Ps 135:7, Ps 148:8; Jonah 1:4

raiseth Heb. maketh to stand

lifteth Ps 93:3; Matt 8:24; John 6:18


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their soul Ps 22:14, Ps 119:28; 2Sam 17:10; Isa 13:7; Nah 2:10


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stagger Job 12:25; Isa 19:14, Isa 29:9

are at their wit's end Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up, Job 37:20; Isa 19:3 *marg. Acts 27:15-20


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Ps 107:6, Ps 107:13, Ps 107:19; Jonah 1:5-6, Jonah 1:14; Matt 8:25; Acts 27:23-25


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Ps 65:7, Ps 89:9; Jonah 1:15; Matt 8:26; Mark 4:39-41; Luke 8:23-25


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he bringeth John 6:21


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Oh that men Ps 107:8, Ps 107:15, Ps 107:21, Ps 103:2, Ps 105:1; Hos 2:8; Jonah 1:16, Jonah 2:9; Mic 6:4-5; Rom 1:20-21; 2Tim 3:2; Heb 13:15

his wonderful Ps 71:17, Ps 72:18-19, Ps 77:11, Ps 77:14, Ps 105:2; Rev 15:3


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exalt Ps 18:46, Ps 46:10, Ps 99:5, Ps 99:9; Exod 15:2; Isa 12:4, Isa 25:1

in the congregation Ps 22:22, Ps 22:25, Ps 40:9-10, Ps 66:16, Ps 111:1, Ps 119:46; Acts 4:8-12


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turneth 1Kgs 17:1-7; Isa 13:19-21, Isa 19:5-10, Isa 34:9-10, Isa 42:15, Isa 44:27, Isa 50:2; Ezek 30:12; Joel 1:20; Nah 1:4; Zeph 2:9, Zeph 2:13

watersprings 1Kgs 18:5; Jer 14:3; Amos 4:7-8


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a fruitful Gen 13:10, Gen 13:13, Gen 19:25; Deut 29:23-28; Isa 32:13-15

barrenness Heb. saltness, Gen 14:3; Ezek 47:11


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turneth Ps 114:8; Num 21:16-18; 2Kgs 3:16-20; Isa 35:6-7, Isa 41:17-19, Isa 44:3-5; Ezek 47:6-12


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there he Ps 146:7; Luke 1:53

a city Ps 107:7; Acts 17:26


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sow Isa 37:30; Jer 29:5, Jer 31:5; Ezek 28:26; Amos 9:13-15

which may Ps 65:9-13; Gen 26:12; Joel 1:10-12; Hag 1:5-6, Hag 1:10-11, Hag 2:16-19; Zech 8:12; Acts 14:17; 1Cor 3:7; 2Cor 9:10


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He blesseth Ps 128:1-6; Gen 1:28, Gen 9:1, Gen 12:2, Gen 17:16, Gen 17:20; Exod 1:7; Deut 28:4, Deut 28:11, Deut 30:9; Jer 30:19; Ezek 37:26

suffereth Ps 144:13-14; Gen 30:43, Gen 31:9; Exod 9:3-7, Exod 12:38; Deut 7:14; Prov 10:22


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Again The incidents detailed in these verses, which frequently occur, and mark the superintendence of a benign Providence, and the hand of a just God, appear to be brought forward to illustrate the return of the Israelites from captivity, and the punishment of their oppressors the Babylonians. Wherefore, at last, as in a common chorus, they conclude with exhorting each other to a serious consideration of these things, and to make a proper return to the Almighty.

they are Ps 30:6-7; Gen 45:11; Ruth 1:20-21; 1Sam 2:5-7; 2Kgs 4:8, 2Kgs 8:3; Job 1:10-17

oppression Exod 1:13-14, Exod 2:23-24; Judg 6:3-6; 2Kgs 10:32, 2Kgs 13:7, 2Kgs 13:22, 2Kgs 14:26; 2Chr 15:5-6; Jer 51:33-34


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poureth Job 12:21, Job 12:24; Isa 23:8-9

contempt Ps 78:66; Exod 8:3, Exod 8:17, Exod 8:24; Josh 10:24-26; Judg 1:6-7, Judg 4:21; 1Sam 5:9, 1Sam 6:4; 1Kgs 21:19; 2Kgs 9:35-37; Dan 4:33, Dan 5:5-6, Dan 5:18-30; Acts 12:23; Rev 19:18

causeth Ps 107:4; Job 12:24; Jer 13:15-18

wilderness or, void place


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setteth Ps 113:7-8; Ruth 4:14-17; 1Sam 2:8; Esth 8:15-17; Job 5:11, Job 8:7, Job 11:15-19; Job 42:10-12; Jer 52:31-34; Jas 5:11

from or, after

maketh Ps 78:52, Ps 128:6; Gen 23:5-7, Gen 48:11; 1Sam 2:21; Job 21:11, Job 42:16; Prov 17:6; Isa 49:20-22


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righteous Ps 52:6, Ps 58:10-11; Job 22:19; Isa 66:10-11, Isa 66:14

iniquity Ps 63:11, Ps 112:10; Exod 11:7; Job 5:15-16; Prov 10:11; Rom 3:19


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is wise Ps 28:5, Ps 64:9; Isa 5:12; Jer 9:12; Dan 10:12; Hos 14:9

they shall understand Ps 50:23; Jer 9:24; Eph 3:18-19


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