Psalm 107
Verse 3 Gathered - Into their own land. Verse 4 No city - Or rather, no town inhabited, where they might refresh themselves. Verse 6 The Lord - Heb. Unto Jehovah, to the true God. For the Heathens had, many of them, some knowledge of the true God. Verse 7 Forth - Out of the wilderness. Verse 10 Darkness - In dark prisons or dungeons. Verse 12 Heart - The pride and obstinacy of their hearts. Fell - They fell into hopeless miseries. Verse 17 Afflicted - With sickness. Verse 20 Word - His command, or blessing. Verse 32 Exalt him - In public assemblies, and before all persons, as they have opportunity. Elders - The magistrates or rulers; let them not be ashamed nor afraid to speak of God's wonderful works, before the greatest of men. Verse 33 Rivers - Those grounds which are well watered, and therefore fruitful. And so the water - springs, here, and the standing water, ver.35 are taken. Into - Into a dry ground, which is like a parched and barren wilderness. Verse 34 For - He doth not inflict these judgments without cause, but for the punishment of sin in some, and the prevention of it in others. Verse 35 Water - Into a well - watered and fruitful land. Verse 36 Hungry - Poor people who could not provide for themselves. Verse 39 They - These men, who when they are exalted by God, grow insolent and secure. Low - By God's just judgment. Verse 40 Contempt - Renders them despicable. Wander - Banishes them from their own courts and kingdoms, and forces them to flee into desolate wildernesses for shelter.