George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 107:8
Holiness. Or holy one, sancto: (Haydock) meaning Jeremias xxv. 11., who foretold the end of the captivity, (Calmet) or David himself, and the Messias, his son, in whom he will rejoice. (Haydock)
Holiness. Or holy one, sancto: (Haydock) meaning Jeremias xxv. 11., who foretold the end of the captivity, (Calmet) or David himself, and the Messias, his son, in whom he will rejoice. (Haydock)
Verse Psalms 107:8. _O THAT_ MEN _WOULD PRAISE THE LORD_] This is what is called the _intercalary_ verse, or _burden_ of each _part_ of this _responsive song_: see the _introduction_. God should be p...
OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS - More literally, “Let such - or, let these - praise the Lord for his goodness,” the word “men” having been supplied by our translators. Yet it is no...
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.,...
GOODNESS. lovingkindness, or grace; same word as "mercy" in Psalms 107:1. CHILDREN. sons. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam,_ App-14....
DISCOURSE: 682 THE DUTY AND GROUNDS OF PRAISE Psalms 107:8. _Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! for he satisfieth the longing soul...
OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD, &C.— _Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercy, and his wonderful works,_ &c. Mudge, and so in the following intercalary verses. Dr. Hammond remarks very properly,...
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...
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! OH THAT (MEN) WOULD PRAISE THE LORD (FOR) HIS GOODNESS, AND (FOR) HIS WONDERFUL WORKS TO THE CH...
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...
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...
(4-9) The wanderers....
OH THAT MEN. — The subject is rather to be supplied from the preceding clauses, “let them praise,” &c. Some, however, render “they praise,” &c On the other hand, the insertion of “for” in each clause...
יֹוד֣וּ לַ יהוָ֣ה חַסְדֹּ֑ו וְ֝ נִפְלְאֹותָ֗יו...
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...
O THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS,.... For his providential goodness, in providing food and drink for them, when fainting; in directing them to their right way, when they had lost it;...
Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men! Ver. 8. _Oh that men would praise the Lord, &c._] Heb. that they would confess it to the...
_O that men would praise_ Hebrew, _let them praise_, or, _they shall praise_, that is, they are highly obliged to praise. It is meant chiefly of those whom God has graciously relieved. _The Lord for h...
THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM VARIOUS TROUBLES....
Oh, that men, that is, such as had the experiences here enumerated, WOULD PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS AND FOR HIS WONDERFUL WORKS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN, that is, proclaiming their own wonderful...
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...
OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE! Heb. _Let them praise_. Or, _They shall praise_, i.e. they are highly obliged to praise. TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN; not only to his peculiar people, but to all mankind, to whom...
Psalms 107:8 thanks H3034 (H8686) LORD H3068 goodness H2617 wonderful H6381 (H8737) children H1121 men H120...
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...
_Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness._ THANKSGIVING FOR A GOOD HARVEST The importance of the harvest season is universally known. The labour and produce of the whole year depend finall...
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...
Daniel 4:2; Daniel 4:3; Daniel 6:27; Deuteronomy 32:29; Deuteronomy 5:2