Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:38
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
38. In this and the preceding verse there may be an allusion to Lev 26:20; Lev 26:22.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
He blesseth them also – In the manner immediately specified.
So that they are multiplied greatly – This was regarded as one of the highest blessings which God could confer, and hence, it was so often promised by him to the patriarchs, as a proof of his favor, that their seed should be as the stars of heaven, and as the sand upon the sea-shore. Gen 13:16; Gen 22:17; Gen 26:4; Gen 32:12.
And suffereth not their cattle to decrease – The keeping of herds of cattle was also an important point in husbandry, and hence, it was a blessing that they were made to increase, and that they were kept from the diseases to which cattle are subject.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Preserves them from abortion and deadly diseases, and on the contrary causeth them to increase, as he said in the former branch, which is here repeated in other words, after the sane manner.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly,…. Not only their fields and vineyards are blessed with an increase, but these husbandmen themselves; as man at his first creation was bid to do, being blessed of God; and as the Israelites were in Egypt, Ge 1:28 and which may spiritually denote the great number of converts to Christian churches, especially in the latter day,
Jer 30:19.
And suffereth not their cattle to decrease; their sheep and oxen, which is reckoned a great temporal happiness, Ps 144:13, and may signify that God does and will give a sufficient number of Gospel ministers, comparable to oxen for their laboriousness, that shall in all ages minister to his churches; see 1Co 9:9.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Psa 107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Ver. 38. He blesseth them also, &c. ] See Pro 10:12 Psa 127:1 Jas 4:15 . They are out that rest in natural causes.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
suffereth not, &c. Figure of speech Tapeinosis (App-6) = will abundantly multiply.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
He blesseth: Psa 128:1-6, Gen 1:28, Gen 9:1, Gen 12:2, Gen 17:16, Gen 17:20, Exo 1:7, Deu 28:4, Deu 28:11, Deu 30:9, Jer 30:19, Eze 37:26
suffereth: Psa 144:13, Psa 144:14, Gen 30:43, Gen 31:9, Exo 9:3-7, Exo 12:38, Deu 7:14, Pro 10:22
Reciprocal: Gen 1:22 – General Gen 8:17 – breed Gen 24:35 – flocks Gen 47:27 – grew Exo 23:26 – shall nothing Lev 26:9 – make you Job 1:2 – seven sons Job 1:10 – thou hast blessed Job 12:23 – increaseth Job 42:12 – he had Isa 9:3 – hast multiplied