George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 107:4
Nations. David made various conquests, which prefigured those of Christ, to whom the rest of the psalm belongs. (St. Augustine) (Worthington)
Nations. David made various conquests, which prefigured those of Christ, to whom the rest of the psalm belongs. (St. Augustine) (Worthington)
Verse Psalms 107:4. _THEY WANDERED IN THE WILDERNESS_] Here begins the FINEST _comparison_: the Israelites in captivity are compared to a _traveller in a dreary, uninhabited, and barren desert_, spent...
THEY WANDERED IN THE WILDERNESS - On their return from Babylon; or, when God was conducting them again to their own land. The word “wilderness” in the Scriptures means a desolate, barren, uninhabited...
THE DEUTERONOMY SECTION: BOOK FIVE: PSALM 107-150 The final section of the book of Psalms, the fifth, is just like Deuteronomy. It shows God's ways with Israel, the end of these ways in deliverance n...
BOOK V. PSS. CVII.- CL. CVII. A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Yahweh's Special Goodness. It is divided at Psalms 107:8 f., Psalms 107:15 f., Psalms 107:21 f.,...
A SOLITARY WAY. a trackless waste. CITY TO DWELL IN. city of habitation, as in Psalms 107:7....
NO CITY TO DWELL IN— _No city of habitation;_ or _abiding city._...
THE PSALMS BOOK THE FIFTH[474] [474] See Table II., _ante._ PSALMS 107 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Examples of Men's Straits, leading to Prayer; and of Jehovah's Deliverance, calling for Praise. ANALYSIS...
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. THEY WANDERED IN THE WILDERNESS IN A SOLITARY WAY - literally, in a desert of a way; in that which is a mere deser...
BOOK 5 This book, which seems originally to have been joined with Book 4, contains forty-four Pss., the vast majority of which are of late date. The contents of these Pss. are a surer guide to the per...
The v. might refer to wanderings on the way from Egypt, but the reference to 'a city of habitation' (Psalms 107:7) points rather to return from Babylon to Jerusalem....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ INTRODUCTION Here are some of the things that you should know as you read the psalms in this book. 1. At the top of each psalm (say it "sarm") is a title in DARK...
THEY. — It seems more natural to understand the subject of the verb _wandered_ from the preceding clauses, than to supply a general subject, _they;_ but this is by no means a certain interpretation. I...
(4-9) The wanderers....
תָּע֣וּ בַ֭ † מִּדְבָּר בִּ ישִׁימֹ֣ון דָּ֑רֶךְ...
Psalms 107:1 NOTWITHSTANDING the division of Books which separates Psalm evil from the two preceding, it is a pendant to these. The "gathering from among the heathen" prayed for in Psalms 106:41 has h...
WE now begin the fifth and last book of the Psalter. In this book the music is richest and fullest. It begins in this psalm on the fundamental notes, and rises through major and minor, by the way of t...
How very beautifully does this special call to the redeemed come in after the former verse! Pause, Reader! Pause, my soul! What sayest thou to this subject? Are we among the redeemed? Hath sovereign g...
BOOK 5 - PSALMS 107-150 In the fifth Book the people are looked at as brought back, and a general survey of God's ways taken, with a kind of divine commentary on it all, ending, as all His ways surel...
THEY WANDERED IN THE WILDERNESS IN A SOLITARY WAY,.... Not the people of Israel, as the Targum. These seem not to be particularly intended, whatever allusion there may be to their passage through the...
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Ver. 4. _They wandered in the wilderness, &c._] This is a sad case, _Mendicum patria amissa laribusque vagari._ Pλα...
_They wandered in the wilderness_ Where there was no trodden path, no company, but _a solitary way. They found no city to dwell in_ Or rather, _no inhabited city_, or town, no lodging; no conveniences...
THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM VARIOUS TROUBLES....
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way, in loneliness and far from human habitations; THEY FOUND NO CITY TO DWELL IN, where they would be received in a hospitable manner....
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...
THEY WANDERED IN THE WILDERNESS; mistaking their way, which they might easily do in the vast and sandy deserts of Arabia. NO CITY TO DWELL IN; or rather, _no city or town inhabited_, where they might...
Psalms 107:4 wandered H8582 (H8804) wilderness H4057 desolate H3452 way H1870 found H4672 (H8804) city H5892 dwell
The psalmist exhorteth the redeemed, in praising God, to observe the different forms of his mercy. He views the chosen people as travelers, captives, sick men, and seamen, and in each of these classes...
Psalms 107:1. _O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever._ Because we are sinners God's goodness takes the form of mercy. Mercy this was what we wanted; therefore,...
Psalms 107:1. _O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever._ In the heading of this Psalm we are reminded that the psalmist here exhorts the redeemed, in praising God...
CONTENTS: God's wisdom, power and goodness celebrated. Man's deplorable forgetfulness of His mercies. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Those who have no special matter for praise may furnish t...
This psalm begins the fifth and last book of the Hebrew psalter. It is divided into five parts or pauses, as it would seem, in the singing and the music. The character of the composition, though diver...
_O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy en-dureth for ever._ MEN AND MERCY I. Men consciously needing the mercy of Heaven. Morally, we are all distressed travellers, captives, in...
_They wandered in the wilderness._ THE SINNER HOMELESS The old legend of the Wandering Jew tells us how he who had struck and insulted Jesus as He left the Judgment Hall was condemned to wander homel...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 107:1. With this psalm the members of the community call one another to give thanks for God’s enduring “steadfast love.” He has shown this to the people as a whole but also...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 107:4 This is the first group of those who were banished from the land as a result of the exile. SOME of the exiles WANDERED IN DESERT WASTES, such as the Sinai Desert (see...
INTRODUCTION Many expositors are of opinion that this Psalm was written to celebrate the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile. This opinion is based chiefly on Psalms 107:2. But the Psalm as a...
EXPOSITION A SONG of thanksgiving, first for deliverance from the Babylonish captivity (Psalms 107:1), and then for other deliverances (Psalms 107:4), passing into a general account of God's provident...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 107:1-43. The hundred and seventh psalm begins with an exhortation to us to Give thanks unto the LORD (Psalms 107:1), And the basis for the thanksgiving is His...
Deuteronomy 32:10; Deuteronomy 8:15; Ezekiel 34:12; Ezekiel 34:6;...
No city — Or rather, no town inhabited, where they might refresh themselves....