In darkness and in the shadow of death; in a disconsolate and forlorn condition, in dark prisons or dungeons. In affliction and iron; with afflicting or grievous irons. Or, in the cords of affliction, as they are called, Job 36:8, and particularly in iron fetters.
Verse Psalms 107:10. _SUCH AS SIT IN DARKNESS_] Here begins the SECOND _similitude_, which he uses to illustrate the state of the captives in Babylon, viz., that of a _prisoner in a dreary dungeon_....
SUCH AS SIT IN DARKNESS - The reference in these verses Psalms 107:10 is evidently to the children of Israel, when in Babylon; and the design is, to show the goodness of God to them in their trouble,...
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.,...
AFFLICTION. oppression....
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...
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; SUCH AS SIT IN DARKNESS, AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH -- i:e., in a dark and terrible prison: an image of the e...
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...
SIT] RV 'sat.' IRON] perhaps metaphorically: cp. Psalms 105:18. The reference is evidently to captivity, i.e. slavery....
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...
IN DARKNESS. — A common synonym for a dungeon. (See Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 49:9, both of the exiles in Babylon; comp. Micah 7:8.) This description, applicable to prisons in all ages but the most modern,...
(10-16) The prisoners....
יֹ֭שְׁבֵי חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְ צַלְמָ֑וֶת אֲסִירֵ֖י עֳנִ֣י...
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...
Here is another striking representation, whether considered with respect to God's providence or his grace, to show the miseries of our nature by the fall. How do souls groan in their prison-houses! Wh...
10._They who dwell in darkness _The Spirit of God makes mention here of another species of danger in which God manifestly discovers his power and grace in the protecting and delivering of men. The wor...
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...
SUCH AS SIT IN DARKNESS, AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH,.... This is the second instance of persons in distress calling on the name of the Lord; and who, being delivered, are under obligation to praise hi...
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron; Ver. 10. _Such as sit in darkness, &c._] Here come in the second sort of God's redeemed or rescued ones, viz....
_Such as sit in darkness_, &c. In a disconsolate and forlorn condition, in dark prisons or dungeons; _bound in affliction and iron_ In afflicting or grievous irons: or, _in the cords of affliction_, a...
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, in miserable captivity, such as that of King Manasseh, BEING BOUND IN AFFILIATION AND IRON, bound in pain and torture, especially by iron fetters of...
The second paragraph treats of captives....
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 mu...
Psalms 107:10 sat H3427 (H8802) darkness H2822 death H6757 Bound H615 affliction H6040 irons H1270 as sit -...
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 107:10 The next group of exiles SAT IN DARKNESS AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH. These people suffered as captives (PRISONERS) and forced laborers (HARD LABOR,
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...
2 Chronicles 33:11; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24; Isaiah 9:2; Job 3:5;...
Darkness — In dark prisons or dungeons....