Bible Commentary

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. 27. and are at their wit’s end ] Lit. all their wisdom is swallowed up, or perhaps as in Psa 55:9, is confounded. Their skill in navigation entirely fails them. Cp. Isa 19:3. A striking parallel to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:27”

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 26. They mount up ] The sailors, not the waves, as is clear from the next line. Cp. Verg. Aen. III. 564, Tollimur in caelum curvato gurgite, et idem Subducta ad Manis imos desedimus unda. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:26”

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 25. For he commandeth &c.] For he spake, and raised &c. Cp. Psa 105:31; Psa 105:34; Gen 1:3 &c. The P.B.V., For at his word the stormy wind ariseth follows the LXX (Vulg.) and Jer. in presuming a different vocalisation of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:25”

These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. 24. These see &c.] These men have seen. Jehovah’s works are the storm, viewed as an evidence of His sovereignty over the elements: His wonders (or wonderful works, as in Psa 107:8 &c.) are His miraculous interposition to still the storm and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:24”

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 23. They that go down to the sea ] Or, go down on the sea; the sea being apparently below the land. Cp. Isa 42:10, and the somewhat different use of ‘go down’ in Jon 1:3. that do business in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:23”

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. And let them sacrifice – As in the cases before Psa 107:9, Psa 107:16, this is connected with the preceding part of the psalm, or is a continuation of the thought which had been interrupted by the prayer, Oh that men … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:22”

Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men! 21, 22. Let them give thanks to Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the sons of men: And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of his works with glad … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:21”

He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them] from their destructions. 20. He sent &c.] R.V. sendeth healeth delivereth. Jehovah’s word is here almost personified as a delivering angel. It is His messenger (Psa 147:15; Psa 147:18), which performs His will (Isa 55:11; cp. Psa 9:8). It is His instrument in His dealings … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:20”

Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses. Then they cry unto the Lord… – See Psa 107:6, note; Psa 107:13, note. The meaning here is, that if the sick cry to the Lord, he hears them, and delivers them. This cannot mean that it always … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:19”

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. 18. Their soul loatheth all manner of food, And they draw nigh unto the gates of death. Cp. Psa 9:13; Psa 88:3. For the archaism of P.B.V. ‘ hard at death’s door,’ cp. note on Psa 63:8. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:18”