Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 107:1
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... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 107:1
Psa 107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. Ver. 1. O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good ] He is good, and doeth good, Psalms 119:68 , not to his Israel only, as is set forth in the two foregoing psalms, but to all mankind, which is Divini ingenii cura, as one saith, whatever atheists and epicures say to the contrary, denying a Divine providence: witness that profane distich of theirs: Nempe nihil positum est, et sors incerta vagatur,... read more