The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 107:1-43
Formally, the psalm falls into seven divisions: read more
Psalm 107:33-38 Niv
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 107:1-43
Wherefore men should praise the Lord. Such is the theme of this glorious psalm. "It contains the thanksgiving of exiles ( Psalms 107:3 ) apparently not yet returned to Jerusalem, but already escaped from the thraldom of Babylon." Note— I. ITS GENERAL LESSONS . 1. It tells of present earthly troubles . They were such as the returning exiles had met with, for Babylon was not the alone place of exile. There had been weary wanderings in the barren, waterless, and burning... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 107:1-43
God's watchful care. "Whatever the circumstances under which the psalm was written, there can be no doubt as to the great lesson which it inculcates"—that God watches over men, and his ear is open to their prayers. Look at some illustrations. I. GOD HAD ANSWERED THE CRY OF THE JEWS IN EXILE , AND RESTORED THEM TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY . ( Psalms 107:2 , Psalms 107:8 , Psalms 107:9 .) They were called on to give thanks for thou wonders, and to... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 107:33
He turneth rivers into a wilderness . God can, and does, by the operation of his providence, turn lands naturally fertile—lands abounding with streams—into arid wastes, either by such a physical catastrophe as that which blasted the cities of the plain ( Genesis 19:24 , Genesis 19:25 ), or by such moral changes as have turned Babylonia from a garden into a desert, a miserable howling wilderness (comp. Psalms 13:1-6 :15-22; Psalms 1:2 ; Jeremiah 1:13-15 , 38-40; Jeremiah 51:13 , ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 107:33-39
God's commonplace mercies. The difference in the style and contents of the latter part of this psalm has been noticed by almost every writer. The pictures, with their closing refrain, cease; and in a hurried way instances of God's providential government are given. It has been thought that the psalm was completed by another poet; but in that case the structure of the psalm would have been closely imitated. The peculiarity of this portion may be explained by showing that the psalmist had... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 107:33-42
Professor Cheyne finds in this passage—which he views as an "appendix" to the psalm—a falling off from the earlier portion of the psalm, and a set of "sentences strung together without much reflection." But to others the transition from special deliverances to God's general dealings with mankind seems an enlargement and an advance in the thought, although the language may be less graphic and more commonplace than in the former portion of the composition. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 107:33-43
Divine revolution. The wheel of providence "goes full circle," lifting up the lowly and abasing the proud. God turns the rivers into a wilderness, and the wilderness into standing water, etc. ( Psalms 107:33 , Psalms 107:35 ). I. THE DIVINE OVERTHROW . He cast out the guilty inhabitants of Canaan, and planted in their place the children of Israel; but when these rebelled against him, he rejected them, and sent them forth into a strange land. Thus has God humbled nations age... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness ; literally, into saltness . The judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah is probably in the writer's mind. For the wickedness of them that dwell therein . God does not capriciously withdraw his blessings from a land. If he turns a fruitful land into a barren one, we may be sure that the inhabitants have provoked him by their sins. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water ; rather, a wilderness (comp. Isaiah 35:7 ; Isaiah 41:18 ). And dry ground into water springs . The entire verse is antithetical to Psalms 107:33 . read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 107:35
Verse 35 35.He turneth the desert into a pool of water This change, in contrast with the former, places the miraculous power of God in a more luminous position. Because, were the fields ceasing to be so productive as in former times, men of the world, as was common of old, would attribute this to the frequent crops which exhausted their productive power. But whence is it that parched grounds become so fruitful, that one would almost say that the atmosphere, as well as the nature of the soil,... read more