Psalm 107:4-20 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 107:1-9

Here is, I. A general call to all to give thanks to God, Ps. 107:1. Let all that sing this psalm, or pray over it, set themselves herein to give thanks to the Lord; and those that have not any special matter for praise may furnish themselves with matter enough from God's universal goodness. In the fountain he is good; in the streams his mercy endures for ever and never fails. II. A particular demand hereof from the redeemed of the Lord, which may well be applied spiritually to those that have... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 107:10-16

We are to take notice of the goodness of God towards prisoners and captives. Observe, 1. A description of this affliction. Prisoners are said to sit in darkness (Ps. 107:10), in dark dungeons, close prisons, which intimates that they are desolate and disconsolate; they sit in the shadow of death, which intimates not only great distress and trouble, but great danger. Prisoners are many times appointed to die; they sit despairing to get out, but resolving to make the best of it. They are bound... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 107:17-22

Bodily sickness is another of the calamities of this life which gives us an opportunity of experiencing the goodness of God in recovering us, and of that the psalmist speaks in these verses, where we may observe, I. That we, by our sins, bring sickness upon ourselves and then it is our duty to pray, Ps. 107:17-18. 1. It is the sin of the soul that is the cause of sickness; we bring it upon ourselves both meritoriously and efficiently: Fools, because of their transgression, are thus afflicted;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:4

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way ,.... Not the people of Israel, as the Targum. These seem not to be particularly intended, whatever allusion there may be to their passage through the wilderness to Canaan's land; but rather, in general, travellers through waste places, especially the wild deserts of Arabia; where the wind blowing the sand, covers the roads with it, so that frequently travellers lose their way, and wander about, till directed to it by one providence or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:5

Hungry and thirsty ,.... As travellers in deserts sometimes are; their provisions being spent they bring with them, and none to be had on the road; there being no inns to stop at, nor any sort of food to eat, nor springs of water to drink of. In such a condition are souls, when, like the prodigal, they come to themselves, and are thoroughly convinced of their state and condition by nature; they find themselves starving and famishing, and no provision to be had from themselves or the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:6

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble ,.... To be directed in their way, and for food and drink, as travellers do when in such distress. Natural men, even the very Heathens, when in distress, will cry unto God for relief, as Jonah's mariners did, Jonah 1:5 . It is a time of trouble with awakened sinners, when they are convinced of sin by the Spirit of God; when they are pricked to the heart with a sense of it; when the terrors of death and hell get hold of them; when they see... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:7

And he led them forth by the right way ,.... Thus God by his providence directs travellers that have lost their way, and puts them into the right way. There is no doubt a very great concern of Providence in such a case, and which ought to be acknowledged with thankfulness. And thus the Lord leads awakened and inquiring souls to the right way of salvation; to Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life; and directs and enables them to believe in him, to walk by faith, and to continue to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:8

O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness ,.... For his providential goodness, in providing food and drink for them, when fainting; in directing them to their right way, when they had lost it; and in bringing them safe to the place they were bound for: and particularly for his special grace and goodness, in redemption and effectual calling; for bringing out of a wilderness state and condition, and supplying them with all spiritual provisions, and putting them in the right way to... read more

John Gill

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 107:1-9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 107:10-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 107:17-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 107:8

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

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

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