For he commandeth - Hebrew, “he says;” that is, He speaks the word, and it is done. The mere expression of his will raises up the storm, and throws the sea into commotion.
And raiseth the stormy wind - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Maketh to stand.” The “stormy wind” is literally, the wind of the tempest.
Which lifteth up the waves thereof - The waves of the ocean. The wind seems to take them up, and lift them on high.
Verse Psalms 107:25. _FOR HE COMMANDETH_] And what less than the command of God can raise up such winds as seem to heave old Ocean from his bed?...
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.,...
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
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 commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. FOR HE COMMANDETH, AND RAISETH THE STORMY WIND - He speaks the word, and instantly the stormy wind arises (). W...
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...
(23-32) Storm-tossed mariners....
HE COMMANDETH. — Literally, _He speaks._ The Almighty fiat, as in Genesis 1....
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר וַֽ֭ יַּעֲמֵד ר֣וּחַ סְעָרָ֑ה וַ
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...
“HIS WONDERS IN THE DEEP” Psalms 107:17 Sickness yields the third type of suffering. Emphasis is laid on the cause of the suffering, which in the view of the writer is transgression and sin. We shall...
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...
The Psalmist in these verses takes up another representation, by way of setting forth man's wants, and God's gracious provision for him; and this subject he draws from the events which occur upon the...
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 COMMANDETH, AND RAISETH THE STORMY WIND,.... Winds are not raised by men, nor by devils, nor by angels, but by the Lord himself; who has created them, holds them in his fist, brings them out of...
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. Ver. 25. _For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, &c._] Of this Seneca, though a heathen, could say, _Inter...
_They that go down to the sea in ships_ He says _go down_, because the sea is lower than the earth, as appears by the rivers which run down into it; _that do business in great waters_ Whose occupation...
In the next section are set forth the perils of seafaring....
For He commandeth, as the Lord of the elements, AND RAISETH THE STORMY WIND, literally, "makes the breath of the storm to stand," like an enemy threatening destruction, WHICH LIFTETH UP THE WAVES THER...
RAISETH: _ Heb._ maketh to stand...
23-32 Let those who go to sea, consider and adore the Lord. Mariners have their business upon the tempestuous ocean, and there witness deliverances of which others cannot form an idea. How seasonable...
The winds and storms come not by chance, but by the disposition of Divine Providence....
Psalms 107:25 commands H559 (H8799) raises H5975 (H8686) stormy H5591 wind H7307 up H7311 (H8787) waves...
Psalms 107:23. _They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep._ The Jews were never given to navigation. To «go...
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,...
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 that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters._ DISTRESSED SEAMEN AND THE SOVEREIGN OF THE SEA I. God’s sovereignty over the sea. Behind the laws there is the Lawgiver. Be...
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 107:23 The fourth group consisted of sailors caught in a storm. If these were exiles, they were sailing in the service of a foreign king. As the storm increased in its fury, they...
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...
John 6:18; Jonah 1:4; Matthew 8:24; Psalms 135:7; Psalms 148:8;...