Psalms 107:1-3

Book 5
(Psalms 107-150)

Psalm 107 ¹ 

107:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

and his loyal love endures! ² 

107:2 Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, ³ 

those whom he delivered ⁴  from the power ⁵  of the enemy,

107:3 and gathered from foreign lands, ⁶ 

from east and west,

from north and south.

Psalms 107:2

107:2 Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, ⁷ 

those whom he delivered ⁸  from the power ⁹  of the enemy,

Colossians 2:14

2:14 He has destroyed ¹⁰  what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness ¹¹  expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

Revelation 7:10-12

7:10 They were shouting out in a loud voice,

“Salvation belongs to our God, ¹² 

to the one seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

7:11 And all the angels stood ¹³  there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground ¹⁴  before the throne and worshiped God, 7:12 saying,

“Amen! Praise and glory,

and wisdom and thanksgiving,

and honor and power and strength

be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”

¹ sn Psalm 107. The psalmist praises God for his kindness to his exiled people.

² tn Heb “for forever [is] his loyal love.”

³ tn Or “let the redeemed of the Lord say [so].”

⁴ tn Or “redeemed.”

⁵ tn Heb “hand.”

⁶ tn Heb “from lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Or “let the redeemed of the Lord say [so].”

⁸ tn Or “redeemed.”

⁹ tn Heb “hand.”

¹⁰ tn The participle ἐξαλείψας (exaleiyas) is a temporal adverbial participle of contemporaneous time related to the previous verb συνεζωοποίησεν (sunezwopoihsen), but has been translated as a finite verb because of the complexity of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences. For the meaning “destroy” see BDAG 344-45 s.v. ἐξαλείφω 2.

¹¹ tn On the translation of χειρόγραφον (ceirografon), see BDAG 1083 s.v. which refers to it as “a certificate of indebtedness.”

¹² tn The dative here has been translated as a dative of possession.

¹³ tn The verb is pluperfect, but the force is simple past. See ExSyn 586.

¹⁴ tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”