‏ Psalms 107:8-43

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

abhorreth Job 33:19-22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

he bringeth John 6:21

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

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

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

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

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

there he Ps 146:7; Luke 1:53

a city Ps 107:7; Acts 17:26

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

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

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

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

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

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

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