Psalms 107:2-43
delivered .......... delivered <01350> [Let the.]
power <03027> [from.]
gathered <06908> [gathered.]
south <03220> [south. Heb. sea.]
wandered <08582> [wandered.]
found <04672> [they found.]
This is the first similitude; in which the Israelites in captivity are compared to travellers in a dreary, uninhabited, and barren desert, spent with hunger and thirst, as well as by the fatigues of the journey.
cried out <06817> [Then.]
delivered <05337> [he delivered.]
level <01869> [he led.]
<03212> [that they.]
give thanks <03034> [Oh that men.]
give thanks <03034> [praise.]
amazing <06381> [his wonderful.]
sat <03427> [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.
sat <03427> [as sit.]
bound <0615> [bound.]
rebelled <04784> [Because.]
rejected <05006> [contemned.]
humble <03665> [he brought.]
helped <05826> [and there.]
brought ... out <03318> [brought.]
tore off <05423> [brake.]
fools <0191> [Fools.]
This is the third comparison; the captives being compared to persons in a dangerous malady, as the consequences of their own sins.
ways ....... sins <01870 05771> [because.]
lost ......... drew near <08581> [abhorreth.]
drew <05060> [and they.]
sent <07971> [He sent.]
healed <07495> [healed.]
rescued <04422> [delivered.]
present <02076> [sacrifice.]
proclaim <05608> [declare.]
loudly <07440> [rejoicing. Heb. singing.]
traveled <03381> [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.
traveled <03381> [go down.]
amazing <06381> [his wonders.]
gave the order <0559> [he commandeth.]
<05975> [raiseth. Heb. maketh to stand. lifteth.]
sailors <05315> [their soul.]
staggered <05128> [stagger.]
[are at their wit's end. Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up.]
led <05148> [he bringeth.]
give thanks <03034> [Oh that men.]
amazing <06381> [his wonderful.]
exalt <07311> [exalt.]
assembly <06951> [in the congregation.]
turned <07760> [turneth.]
water <04325> [water-springs.]
fruitful <06529> [a fruitful.]
barren <04420> [barrenness. Heb. saltness.]
turned <07760> [turneth.]
hungry <07457> [there he.]
city <05892> [a city.]
cultivated <02232> [sow.]
yielded <06213> [which may.]
blessed <01288> [He blesseth.]
decrease <04591> [suffereth.]
their <04591> [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.
their <04591> [they are.]
decreased <06115> [oppression.]
pour <08210> [poureth.]
contempt <0937> [contempt.]
wander <08582> [causeth.]
wasteland <08414> [wilderness. or, void place.]
needy <034> [setteth.]
oppression <06040> [from. or, after. maketh.]
godly <03477> [righteous.]
sinner <05766> [iniquity.]
wise <02450> [is wise.]
consider <0995> [they shall understand.]
