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Psalm 107

Psa. 107:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is goods: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psa. 119:68• ⁶⁸Good [art] thou and doing good;{HR}Teach me thy statutes. (Psa. 119:68)

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Matt. 19:17• ¹⁷{i}And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.{/i} (Matt. 19:17)

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Ministry on This Verse

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 Jah . Give thanks unto Jehovah,{HR}For [he is] good, for his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 106:1)

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Psa. 118:1• ¹Give ye thanks to Jehovah,{HR}For [he is] good;{HR}For his mercy [is] for everlasting. (Psa. 118:1)

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1 Chron. 16:34,41• ³⁴{i}Give thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good;{HR}For his loving-kindness endureth forever.{HR}{/i}
⁴¹{i}and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his loving-kindness endureth forever;{/i} (1 Chron. 16:34,41)

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2 Chron. 5:13• ¹³{i}—it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness endureth forever; that then the house, the house of Jehovah, was filled with a cloud,{/i} (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 Jehovah upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised Jehovah, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] forever.
⁶{i}And the priests stood in their charges, and the Levites with Jehovah's instruments of music, which David the king had made to praise Jehovah, for his loving-kindness endureth forever, when David praised by their means; and the priests sounded the trumpets opposite to them, and all Israel stood.{/i} (2 Chron. 7:3,6)

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2 Chron. 20:21• ²¹{i}And he consulted with the people, and appointed singers to Jehovah, and those that should praise in holy splendour, as they went forth before the armed men, and say, Give thanks to Jehovah; for his loving-kindness endureth forever!{/i} (2 Chron. 20:21)

good.

Psa. 119:68• ⁶⁸Good [art] thou and doing good;{HR}Teach me thy statutes. (Psa. 119:68)

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Matt. 19:17• ¹⁷{i}And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.{/i} (Matt. 19:17)

for his mercy.

Psa. 103:17• ¹⁷But the mercy of Jehovah [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him;{HR}And his righteousness [is] to sons of sons, (Psa. 103:17)

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Luke 1:50• ⁵⁰and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him. (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. (“Psalm 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. (“Psalm 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

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

W. Kelly Translation

Givea ye thanks to Jehovah, for he [is] good;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.

WK Translation Notes

The last book, into which the psalms are not merely divisible but actually divided, supposes the people of God once more in the land, for the display of God’s purpose and ways in Messiah’s kingdom, and spiritually fitted for it, for they will be characterized by His law written on their hearts. It ends with nothing but praises.