Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 107:20
Verse Psalms 107:20. He sent his word, and healed them] He spoke: "Be thou clean, be thou whole;" and immediately the disease departed; and thus they were delivered from the destructions that awaited them.
Verse Psalms 107:20. He sent his word, and healed them] He spoke: "Be thou clean, be thou whole;" and immediately the disease departed; and thus they were delivered from the destructions that awaited them.
HE SENT HIS WORD, AND HEALED THEM - He did it by a word; it was necessary for him merely to give a command, and the disease left them. So it was in the life of the Saviour, who often healed the sick b...
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.,...
HE SENT HIS WORD. He sendeth. This is the key-note to the whole book. All blessing is bound up in this. Note the prophetic reference to Christ, the _Living_ Word (John 1:1; John 1:2; John 1:14 and con...
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...
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. HE SENT HIS WORD, AND HEALED THEM. "His word" is His swift and omnipotent instrument sent forth to do His bidding. So...
107:20 destructions. (a-13) Lit. 'pits,' and so 'pit-falls.' see Job 33:18 ,Job 33:22 ; Lamentations 4:20 ....
SENT] RV 'sendeth.' The phrase is noteworthy as heralding, unconsciously perhaps, the Word (John 1:14). 23-30. A striking description of mariners in a storm....
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...
(17-22) The sick....
HE SENT HIS WORD. — In history (see Psalms 105:19), as in the natural world (Psalms 147:18), God’s word is His messenger. (Comp. Isaiah 55:10.) DESTRUCTIONS. — This follows the LXX., who derive as in...
יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּ֭בָרֹו וְ יִרְפָּאֵ֑ם וִֽ֝ ימַלֵּ֗ט...
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...
(h) He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them] from their (i) destructions. (h) By healing them he declares his good will toward them. (i) Meaning their diseases, which had almost broug...
Under another similitude, the Psalmist here sets forth the miseries of our fallen nature, in order to display the benignity and compassion of Heaven in our recovery. When sin entered into the world, s...
20_He sendeth his word. _Again, in saying that they are delivered from destruction, the prophet shows that he is here alluding to those diseases which, in the opinion of men, are incurable, and from w...
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...
HE SENT HIS WORD, AND HEALED THEM,.... It was his will and pleasure they should be healed, and accordingly they were; he issued his orders for the removal of the affliction, and it was done; diseases...
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them] from their destructions. Ver. 20. _He sent his word, and healed them_] He commanded deliverance, and it was done; unless there he an allusion t...
_Fools_ That is, wicked men whom he calls _fools_, because through their own sin and folly they wrong themselves, and act against their own interest; not only their spiritual, but their secular intere...
The next section treats of those who foolishly bring misery upon themselves by willful indulgence in sin....
He sent His Word and healed them, the healing of the soul through the application of the Word being the chief step in the great Physician's treatment, AND DELIVERED THEM FROM THEIR DESTRUCTIONS, permi...
17-22 If we knew no sin, we should know no sickness. Sinners are fools. They hurt their bodily health by intemperance, and endanger their lives by indulging their appetites. This their way is their f...
HIS WORD; his command, or his blessing, which came with power....
Psalms 107:20 sent H7971 (H8799) word H1697 healed H7495 (H8799) delivered H4422 (H8762) destructions H7825...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
_He sent Him word, and healed them._ THE HEALING INFLUENCE OF GOD’S WORD Those who do not enjoy Divine revelation are in a very miserable state: they sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. Thei...
_Fools, because of their transgression and because of their iniquities, are afflicted._ THE HISTORY OF SUNDRY FOOLS Here are four pictures, and you may find your likeness in one of the four; but, be...
_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 107:17 SOME of the exiles WERE FOOLS THROUGH THEIR SINFUL WAYS. Their own folly, which resulted from their turning away from God, brought on their affliction
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 Kings 20:4; 2 Kings 20:5; Job 33:23; Job 33:28; Matthew 8:8;...
Word — His command, or blessing....