Psalm 107:1

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 107:1

(1) For this doxology see Note, Psalms 106:1. read more

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 107:1-43

From the Sea to the City Psalms 107:23-24 To return to London in this forge of human work and passion when one has been living with great nature, almost in solitude, is always a curious experience. The things which are considered of vast importance in London seem small; the battles waged ere with amazing ardour, needless and apart from the greater issues of life. Man, we think, is walking in a vain show, and disquieting himself in vain. The great things of nature, the mighty powers we have... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:1-43

Psalms 107:1-43NOTWITHSTANDING 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 here come to pass (Psalms 107:3). The thanksgiving which there is regarded as the purpose of that restoration is here rendered for it. Psalms 105:1-45 had for theme God’s mercies to the fathers. Psalms 106:1-48 confessed the hereditary faithlessness of Israel and its chastisement by calamity and... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 107:1-43

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 not only for His people, but for their land, for the nations of the earth, for all creation. The book ends with the Hallelujah Chorus of redemption. Psalms 107:0 Psalms 108:0 Psalms 107:0 Israel’s Deliverances 1. The wanderers regathered (Psalms 107:1-9 ) 2. The prisoners released (Psalms... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 107:1

107:1 O give thanks unto {a} the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.(a) This notable sentence was in the beginning used as the foot or tenor of the song, which was often repeated. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:1-43

The first psalm in this lesson suggests Psalms 74:0 on which we did not dwell, but both of which depict the desolations of Judah by the Babylonians (compare Jeremiah 52:12-14 ). On this supposition their date would be that of the captivity, and their author a later Asaph than the Asaph mentioned in David’s time. Psalms 80:0 Has captivity features also. Some would say it relates to the ten tribes, as the preceding psalm does to Judah. The next several psalms are much alike in this respect and... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 107:1-43

The Silent Church Psa 107:43 This is the higher wisdom. The text begins with the "wise." Wisdom is assumed, not intellectual wisdom, which is often only another name for ignorance, but moral wisdom, wisdom of the heart. Whoso hath such wisdom, and will apply it in the observation of history, providence, mysterious interposition, shall come little by little to understand not intellectually only, but morally, sympathetically; as if by identification with the thing itself the lovingkindness of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 107:1

CONTENTS The same delightful subject is continued through this Psalm as in the two preceding, but in a more general way. All men are called upon, in the review of divine goodness, to praise the Lord; and the redeemed, in a yet more awakened manner. God's mercies are instanced in a great variety of ways, both by sea and land, in sickness and in health, and brought forward as so many motives to praise him. Psalms 107:1 The Psalm opens with giving a general invitation to all men to praise the... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:1

Himself. By repeating here what occurs in Psalm lvi., and lix. David teaches us to excite our fervour by such sentiments as have formerly made an impression upon us. (Berthier) --- He spoke before of his own victories: now he considers those of Christ, and of his Church, (Genebrard) as well as the state of the captives. (Theodoret) (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 107:1-9

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 conceive the horrors suffered by the hapless traveller, when crossing the trackless sands, exposed to the burning rays of the sum. The words describe their case whom the Lord has redeemed from the bondage of Satan; who pass through the world as a dangerous and dreary wilderness, often ready to faint... read more

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