For He satisfieth the longing soul, the soul languishing for deliverance, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. The application of this entire section to spiritual distress and religious persecution readily suggests itself, both the earnest crying for deliverance and the praise after deliverance being recommended.
Verse Psalms 107:9. _FOR HE SATISFIETH THE LONGING SOUL_] This is the reason which the psalmist gives for the _duty_ of thankfulness which he prescribes. _The longing soul_, נפש שוקקה nephesh shokekah...
FOR HE SATISFIETH THE LONGING SOUL - This does not mean - what is indeed true in itself - that God has made provision for the “soul” of man, and satisfies it when it longs or pants for its needed supp...
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.,...
FILLETH THE HUNGRY SOUL. Quoted in Luke 1:53....
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...
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...
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. FOR HE SATISFIETH THE LONGING SOUL - "longing;" literally, running to and fro in quest of something. Compare . God sat...
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....
LONGING SOUL. — Or, _thirsty,_ as in Isaiah 29:8. (Comp. Psalms 107:5.) The word originally applies to an animal running up and down in search of food or water. (See Joel 2:9;...
כִּי ־הִ֭שְׂבִּיעַ נֶ֣פֶשׁ שֹׁקֵקָ֑ה וְ נֶ֥פֶשׁ...
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...
FOR HE SATISFIETH THE LONGING SOUL,.... The soul that is hungry and thirsty, and longs for food and drink, when nature in such circumstances craves. And so such who long for Christ and his grace, for...
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. Ver. 9. _For he satisfieth the longing soul, &c._] This as a recapitulation of the first part, Psalms 107:5,7, and sette...
_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...
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...
THE LONGING; either the thirsty, opposed to the hungry here following; or the hungry, as this general phrase is limited and expounded in the next clause. WITH GOODNESS; with the fruits of his goodness...
Psalms 107:9 satisfies H7646 (H8689) longing H8264 (H8802) soul H5315 fills H4390 (H8765) hungry H7457 soul...
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...
_For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness._ THE LONGING SOUL SATISFIED I. The source of true satisfaction is God. 1. The soul being made in His image has infini...
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...
Isaiah 55:1; Jeremiah 31:14; Jeremiah 31:25; Luke 1:53; Matthew 5:6;...