8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
8 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves.
8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
8 Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
15 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
15 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;
15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
15 Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
(Read Psalm 107:10-16)
This description of prisoners and captives intimates that they are desolate and sorrowful. In the eastern prisons the captives were and are treated with much severity. Afflicting providences must be improved as humbling providences; and we lose the benefit, if our hearts are unhumbled and unbroken under them. This is a shadow of the sinner's deliverance from a far worse confinement. The awakened sinner discovers his guilt and misery. Having struggled in vain for deliverance, he finds there is no help for him but in the mercy and grace of God. His sin is forgiven by a merciful God, and his pardon is accompanied by deliverance from the power of sin and Satan, and by the sanctifying and comforting influences of God the Holy Spirit.
21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
21 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;
21 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
21 Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
(Read Psalm 107:17-22)
If we knew no sin, we should know no sickness. Sinners are fools. They hurt their bodily health by intemperance, and endanger their lives by indulging their appetites. This their way is their folly. The weakness of the body is the effect of sickness. It is by the power and mercy of God that we are recovered from sickness, and it is our duty to be thankful. All Christ's miraculous cures were emblems of his healing diseases of the soul. It is also to be applied to the spiritual cures which the Spirit of grace works. He sends his word, and heals souls; convinces, converts them, makes them holy, and all by the word. Even in common cases of recovery from sickness, God in his providence speaks, and it is done; by his word and Spirit the soul is restored to health and holiness.
31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
31 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
31 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
31 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves.
31 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
31 Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
(Read Psalm 107:23-32)
Let those who go to sea, consider and adore the Lord. Mariners have their business upon the tempestuous ocean, and there witness deliverances of which others cannot form an idea. How seasonable it is at such a time to pray! This may remind us of the terrors and distress of conscience many experience, and of those deep scenes of trouble which many pass through, in their Christian course. Yet, in answer to their cries, the Lord turns their storm into a calm, and causes their trials to end in gladness.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 107:8
Commentary on Psalm 107:1-9
(Read Psalm 107:1-9)
In these verses there is reference to the deliverance from Egypt, and perhaps that from Babylon: but the circumstances of travellers in those countries are also noted. It is scarcely possible to conceive the horrors suffered by the hapless traveller, when crossing the trackless sands, exposed to the burning rays of the sum. The words describe their case whom the Lord has redeemed from the bondage of Satan; who pass through the world as a dangerous and dreary wilderness, often ready to faint through troubles, fears, and temptations. Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, after God, and communion with him, shall be filled with the goodness of his house, both in grace and glory.