Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:36
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
36. And there he hath made the hungry to dwell,
And they have founded an inhabited city,
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell – Those who were in want; those who would have perished. It is not necessary to refer this to any particular case. It is a general statement, pertaining to changes which God makes upon the earth, as great as if he should thus convert a desert into a fruitful field – a barren waste into a land abounding in springs of water; as if he should conduct there a company of famished men, and provide for them food in abundance.
That they may prepare a city for habitation – A permanent dwelling-place for man.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 36. And there he maketh the hungry to dwell] All this seems to apply admirably to the first colonists of any place. They flee from a land of want, an ingrata terra that did not repay their toil, and they seek the wilderness where the land wants only cultivation to make it produce all the necessaries of life. He, by his providence, so guides their steps as to lead them to rivers which they can navigate, and from which they can procure plenty of fish, and shows them wells or springs which they have not digged. The hungry dwell there; and jointly agree, for convenience and defence, to build them a city for habitation. They sow the fields which they have cleared; and plant vineyards, and orchards which yield them in creasing fruits, Ps 107:37, and he multiplies their cattle greatly, and does not suffer them to decrease, Ps 107:38. What a fine picture is this of the first peopling and planting of America, and of the multiplication and extension of that people; of the Divine blessing on their industry, and the general and astonishing prosperity of their country! May they never again know what is spoken in the following verse:
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The hungry; poor people; who could not provide for themselves, or were banished from their own land by potent oppressors, and were driven into wildernesses, like them Job 30:3, which God in pity to them made fruitful.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,…. In those fruitful places which they find agreeable to them, and so fix upon them as the places of their abode, and build houses, and dwell there; having all the conveniences of life, which they wanted elsewhere: so such as hunger and thirst after righteousness make to such places where the waters are, the word is preached, and ordinances administered; and here they take up their dwelling, their bread being given them, and their waters sure unto them.
That they may prepare a city for habitation; those poor necessitous persons, as they were when they first came; building houses, and others continually coming to them, by degrees form a well regulated city, which are a large number of inhabitants: which may be considered as an emblem of the church of God, often compared to a city; and is an habitation for God, and where saints desire and delight to dwell.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Psa 107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
Ver. 36. And there he maketh the hungry to dwell ] As our English, and other plantations in America, where sundry poor people get fair estates.
That they may prepare a city
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
there he: Psa 146:7, Luk 1:53
a city: Psa 107:7, Act 17:26
Reciprocal: Gen 47:23 – here is seed Deu 28:3 – in the city