Psalm 107:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:9

For he satisfieth the longing soul ,.... The soul that is hungry and thirsty, and longs for food and drink, when nature in such circumstances craves. And so such who long for Christ and his grace, for an interest in him, and fellowship with him, the Lord satisfies with these things, as with marrow and fatness. And filleth the hungry soul with goodness ; with the goodness and fatness of his house; with good things; with the good things laid up in Christ and in the covenant; with the good... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:10

Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death ,.... This is the second instance of persons in distress calling on the name of the Lord; and who, being delivered, are under obligation to praise him, such as are captives and prisoners. The Targum applies it to the Israelites in the Babylonish captivity; but it is much better to interpret it of prisoners in common; whose prisons are generally dark cells or dungeons, and where they are alone, and deprived of the company of the living; and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 107:1

O give thanks - Here is a duty prescribed; and the reasons of it are immediately laid down. He is good. This is his nature. His mercy endureth for ever. This is the stream that flows from the fountain of his goodness. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 107:2

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so - For they have had the fullest proof of this goodness, in being saved by the continuing stream of his mercy. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 107:3

And gathered them out of the lands - Though many Jews returned into Jerusalem from various parts of the world, under the reigns of Darius Hystaspes, Artaxerxes, and Alexander the Great; yet this prophecy has its completion only under the Gospel, when all the ends of the earth hear the salvation of God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 107:4

They wandered in the wilderness - Here begins the Finest comparison: the Israelites in captivity are compared to a traveler in a dreary, uninhabited, and barren desert, spent with hunger and thirst, as well as by the fatigues of the journey, Psalm 107:5 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 107:6

Then they cried unto the Lord - When the Israelites began to pray heartily, and the eyes of all the tribes were as the eyes of one man turned unto the Lord, then he delivered them out of their distresses. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 107:7

That they might go to a city of habitation - God stirred up the heart of Cyrus to give them liberty to return to their own land: and Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, at different times, brought many of them back to Judea. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 107:8

O that men would praise the Lord - This is what is called the intercalary verse, or burden of each part of this responsive song: see the introduction. God should be praised because he is good. We naturally speak highly of those who are eminent. God is infinitely excellent, and should be celebrated for his perfections. But he does wonders for the children of men; and, therefore, men should praise the Lord. And he is the more to be praised, because these wonders, נפלאות niphlaoth ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 107:9

For he satisfieth the longing soul - This is the reason which the psalmist gives for the duty of thankfulness which he prescribes. The longing soul, שוקקה נפש nephesh shokekah , the soul that pushes forward in eager desire after salvation. read more

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