Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 107:5
Hungry and thirsty, on account of the absence of both food and drink in the desert, their soul fainted in them, literally, "was muffled," grew dim, was near to extinction.
Hungry and thirsty, on account of the absence of both food and drink in the desert, their soul fainted in them, literally, "was muffled," grew dim, was near to extinction.
HUNGRY AND THIRSTY - As they would be, when wandering in such a desert. A more literal and expressive rendering would be, “Hungry - also thirsty.” THEIR SOUL FAINTED IN THEM - The word used here - עטף...
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.,...
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. TROUBLE. strait....
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...
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. HUNGRY AND THIRSTY, THEIR SOUL FAINTED IN THEM. Psalms 137:1 describes the hungering and thirsting of the true sons and daughters of Zion for the hol...
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....
FAINTED. — Literally, _let itself be covered._ (See Psalms 77:3.)...
רְעֵבִ֥ים גַּם ־צְמֵאִ֑ים נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בָּהֶ֥ם תִּתְעַטָּֽף׃...
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...
(c) Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. (c) He shows that there is no affliction so grievous out of which God will not deliver us, and also exhorts them who are delivered to be mindful of...
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...
HUNGRY AND THIRSTY,.... As travellers in deserts sometimes are; their provisions being spent they bring with them, and none to be had on the road; there being no inns to stop at, nor any sort of food...
_Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them._ Ver. 5. _Hungry and thirsty, &c._] The Lord's exiles meet many times with the like exigents in the wilderness of this wicked world; but let them be c...
_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...
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...
Partly for want of necessary provisions, and partly through anguish of spirit....
Psalms 107:5 Hungry H7457 thirsty H6771 soul H5315 fainted H5848 (H8691) Judges 15:18-19;...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 30:11; 1 Samuel 30:12; Isaiah 44:12; Jeremiah 14:18;...