Verse Psalms 107:29. He maketh the storm a calm] He causes the storm to stand dumb, and hushes the waves. See the original, where sense and sound emphatically meet: -
גליהם ויחשו לדממה סארה יקם galleyhem vaiyecheshu lidemamah searah yakem
He shall cause the whirlwind to stand dumb, and he shall hush their billows.
HE MAKETH THE STORM A CALM - God does this, and God only can do it. The fact, therefore, that Jesus did it Matthew 8:26, proves that he was divine. There can be no more striking proof of divine power...
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 MAKETH THE STORM A CALM— _He maketh the storm to stand in silence._ Mudge....
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 maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. HE MAKETH THE STORM A CALM - (.) Metaphorically, as here, . SO THAT THE WAVES THEREOF ARE STILL rather 'so that their aes (the aes...
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....
יָקֵ֣ם סְ֭עָרָה לִ דְמָמָ֑ה וַ֝ יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ גּ
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...
29._He maketh the storm a calm _A profane author, in narrating the history of such an event, would have said, that the winds were hushed, and the raging billows were calmed; but the Spirit of God, by...
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 MAKETH THE STORM A CALM,.... As Christ did by a word speaking, Mark 4:39. SO THAT THE WAVES THEREOF ARE STILL; and roar and toss no more, but subside; and the sea becomes smooth and quiet, its rag...
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Ver. 29. _He maketh the storm a calm_] "He," that is, God Almighty, whose the sea is, and he made it, Psalms 95:5; not the Pagans Nept...
In the next section are set forth the perils of seafaring....
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still, presenting a smooth and untroubled surface....
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...
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Psalms 107:29 calms H6965 (H8686) H1827 storm H5591 waves H1530 still H2814 (H8799) Calm - PtC H3514
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...
Jonah 1:15; Luke 8:23; Mark 4:39; Matthew 8:26; Psalms 65:7;...