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Text -- Psalms 107:3-43 (NET)
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107:3 and gathered from foreign lands , from east and west , from north and south .
107:4 They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road ; they found no city in which to live .
107:5 They were hungry and thirsty ; they fainted from exhaustion .
107:6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress ; he delivered them from their troubles .
107:7 He led them on a level road , that they might find a city in which to live .
107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love , and for the amazing things he has done for people !
107:9 For he has satisfied those who thirst , and those who hunger he has filled with food .
107:10 They sat in utter darkness , darkness , bound in painful iron chains,
107:11 because they had rebelled against God’s commands , and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king .
107:12 So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.
107:13 They cried out to the Lord in their distress ; he delivered them from their troubles .
107:14 He brought them out of the utter darkness , and tore off their shackles .
107:15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love , and for the amazing things he has done for people !
107:16 For he shattered the bronze gates , and hacked through the iron bars .
107:17 They acted like fools in their rebellious ways , and suffered because of their sins .
107:18 They lost their appetite for all food , and they drew near the gates of death .
107:19 They cried out to the Lord in their distress ; he delivered them from their troubles .
107:20 He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.
107:21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love , and for the amazing things he has done for people !
107:22 Let them present thank offerings , and loudly proclaim what he has done !
107:23 Some traveled on the sea in ships , and carried cargo over the vast waters .
107:24 They witnessed the acts of the Lord , his amazing feats on the deep water.
107:25 He gave the order for a windstorm , and it stirred up the waves of the sea.
107:26 They reached up to the sky , then dropped into the depths . The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great.
107:27 They swayed and staggered like a drunk , and all their skill proved ineffective .
107:28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress ; he delivered them from their troubles .
107:29 He calmed the storm , and the waves grew silent .
107:30 The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet , and he led them to the harbor they desired .
107:31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love , and for the amazing things he has done for people !
107:32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people ! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside !
107:33 He turned streams into a desert , springs of water into arid land ,
107:34 and a fruitful land into a barren place , because of the sin of its inhabitants .
107:35 As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water , and a dry land into springs of water .
107:36 He allowed the hungry to settle there , and they established a city in which to live .
107:37 They cultivated fields , and planted vineyards , which yielded a harvest of fruit .
107:38 He blessed them so that they became very numerous . He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number .
107:39 As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down , because of painful distress and suffering .
107:40 He would pour contempt upon princes , and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road .
107:41 Yet he protected the needy from oppression , and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.
107:42 When the godly see this, they rejoice , and every sinner shuts his mouth .
107:43 Whoever is wise , let him take note of these things ! Let them consider the Lord’s acts of loyal love !
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
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SHIPS AND BOATS |
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
God |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Chastisement |
Prayer |
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Wandering |
Mariner |
Wicked |
Worship |
Blessing |
Thankfulness |
GATE |
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NET Notes -> Psa 107:3; Psa 107:5; Psa 107:7; Psa 107:8; Psa 107:9; Psa 107:9; Psa 107:10; Psa 107:10; Psa 107:11; Psa 107:11; Psa 107:12; Psa 107:14; Psa 107:15; Psa 107:16; Psa 107:17; Psa 107:18; Psa 107:20; Psa 107:20; Psa 107:21; Psa 107:22; Psa 107:23; Psa 107:23; Psa 107:23; Psa 107:25; Psa 107:25; Psa 107:26; Psa 107:26; Psa 107:26; Psa 107:26; Psa 107:27; Psa 107:27; Psa 107:29; Psa 107:29; Psa 107:30; Psa 107:30; Psa 107:30; Psa 107:31; Psa 107:32; Psa 107:33; Psa 107:34; Psa 107:35; Psa 107:35; Psa 107:37; Psa 107:37; Psa 107:38; Psa 107:38; Psa 107:39; Psa 107:39; Psa 107:40; Psa 107:41; Psa 107:42
NET Notes: Psa 107:3 Heb “from lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
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NET Notes: Psa 107:10 Heb “those bound in suffering and iron.” “Suffering and iron” is a hendiadys (like English “good and angry”), wher...
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NET Notes: Psa 107:14 Heb “darkness and deep darkness.” See the note on the word “darkness” in v. 10.
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NET Notes: Psa 107:20 Heb “he rescued from their traps.” The Hebrew word שְׁחִית (shekhit, “trap”) occurs ...
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NET Notes: Psa 107:27 The Hitpael of בָלַע (vala’) occurs only here in the OT. Traditionally the form is derived from the verbal root ...
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NET Notes: Psa 107:29 Heb “their waves.” The antecedent of the third masculine plural pronominal suffix is not readily apparent, unless it refers back to “...
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NET Notes: Psa 107:33 The verbal form appears to be a preterite, which is most naturally taken as narrational. (The use of prefixed forms with vav [ו] consecutive in ...
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NET Notes: Psa 107:35 The verbal form appears to be a preterite, which is most naturally taken as narrational. See the note on the word “turned” in v. 33.
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NET Notes: Psa 107:38 The verbal form in this line appears to be an imperfect, which may be taken as customary (drawing attention to typical action in a past time frame) or...
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NET Notes: Psa 107:40 The active participle is understood as past durative here, drawing attention to typical action in a past time frame. However, it could be taken as gen...
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