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Psalm 107

Psa. 107:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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O give thanks
yadah (Hebrew #3034)
used only as denominative from 3027; literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
KJV usage: cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
Pronounce: yaw-daw'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, for he is good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
s: for his mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
endureth for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Psa. 119:68• 68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. (Psa. 119:68)
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Matt. 19:17• 17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. (Matt. 19:17)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The psalmist exhorts the redeemed, in praising God, to observe his manifold providence,
4-9:  over travellers;
10-16:  over captives;
17-22:  over sick men;
23-32:  over seamen;
33-43:  and in divers varieties of life.
A.M. 3468.
B.C. 536.
(Title.)The author of this Psalm is unknown; but it was evidently written to commemorate the return of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; and it may easily be perceived that it must have been sung in alternate parts, having a double burden, or two intercalary verses often recurring.
Bp. Lowth considers it as written "after the method of the ancient pastorals, where, be the subject of their verse what it will, each swain endeavours to excel the other; and one may perceive their thoughts and expressions gradually to rise upon each other."
"No doubt," he adds, "the composition of this Psalm is admirable throughout; and the descriptive part of it adds at least its share of beauty to the whole; but what is most to be admired is its conciseness, and withal the expressiveness of the diction, which strikes the imagination with illimitable elegance.
The weary and bewildered traveller--the miserable captive in the dungeon--the sick and dying man--the seaman foundering in a storm--are described in so affecting a manner, that they far exceed any thing of the kind, though never so much laboured."Give.
Psa. 106:1• 1Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psa. 106:1)
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Psa. 118:1• 1O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. (Psa. 118:1)
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Psa. 136:1‑26• 1O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 2O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 3O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 4To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 9The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 11And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 12With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 13To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 14And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 15But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 16To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 17To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 18And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 19Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 20And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 21And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 22Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 23Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 24And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 25Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 26O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:1‑26)
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1 Chron. 16:34,41• 34O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
 41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever; (1 Chron. 16:34,41)
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2 Chron. 5:13• 13It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; (2 Chron. 5:13)
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2 Chron. 7:3,6• 3And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
 6And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. (2 Chron. 7:3,6)
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2 Chron. 20:21• 21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever. (2 Chron. 20:21)
good.
Psa. 119:68• 68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. (Psa. 119:68)
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Matt. 19:17• 17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. (Matt. 19:17)
for his mercy.
Psa. 103:17• 17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; (Psa. 103:17)
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Luke 1:50• 50And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. (Luke 1:50)
• Book 5, Series 1. The ten tribes restored. The setting of the whole book the Lord is back on earth. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• In the last Book of Psalms we find, besides many songs of praise, all the moral circumstances of Israel on their return to blessing. The first psalm in it stamps this character on it. It looks at them as gathered back, but traces the various scenes through which they might have passed, and that after their entry into the land too, and God's ways with them in them. It is a description of toils and trials, in which the Lord was looked to, and answered and interfered in behalf of the tossed and tried soul, and men are exhorted to own and praise Him. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 107-113” by J.N. Darby)
• God deals with men in soul {v.4-9}, spirit {v.10-16}, body {v.17-22}, and circumstances {v.23-32}, in order that they may find their resource in the goodness and enduring mercy of the Lord. (“Psalms 107” by H. Smith)
• The body of the psalm sets forth the various circumstances in the history of Israel, and mankind, in which the goodness of the Lord has been displayed in His ways with men. (“Psalms 107” by H. Smith)
• The fifth book of the Psalms (Ps. 107-150) opens out in full the return and restoration of the ten tribes of Israel, the putting down of their final enemies, and the establishment of the Millennial Kingdom of Christ. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• The whole position of this book views things from the standpoint of the Lord having returned and dwelling in Zion (Ps. 110:2, Ps. 125:2, Ps. 128:5, Ps. 132:13, Ps. 134:1-3, Ps. 135:21, etc.). In the fourth book the Lord is seen coming back. In the fifth book the Lord is viewed as back and His people (ten tribes particularly) returning to Him (Ps. 107:3, Ps. 114:1, Ps. 122:4, Ps. 120-134, “Songs of Degrees,” Ps. 125:2, Ps. 135:8-12, Ps. 136:10-22, Ps. 137:1, 4, Ps. 138:7, Ps. 147:2, Ps. 148:14). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• The circumstances outlined in this book occur in the interval between 1290 and 1335 days. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• Although the Lord is back in this book, Israel’s enemies are not yet fully put down. Gog (Russia) is not yet destroyed. The “head over a great country” (Ps. 110:6 JND Trans.), “all nations compassed me about” (Ps. 118:10-12), and the “violent man” (Ps.140:1, 4, 11) refer to the Assyrian which is Gog (Russia). Consequently the restored tribes of Israel are still distressed and not in the full possession of their promised land.72 But as the book draws to a close Israel’s enemies are finally put down and they are brought into full deliverance and blessing of the Kingdom. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• This psalm begins a new series. It views the tribes of Israel (particularly the ten tribes) who have been scattered among the nations being gathered back to their promised land (vs. 1-3). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.