Psalm 107
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| - | ==Overview== | + | ==Overview - The Lovingkindness of the Lord== |
==Outline== | ==Outline== | ||
| - | + | I. God's Lovingkindness (107:1-3)<br/> | |
| - | ===107:1 - === | + | II. Discriptions of the Redeemed (107:4-32) |
| + | :A. Those Who Walk in the Wilderness (107:4-9) | ||
| + | :B. Those Who Dwelt in Darkness (107:10-16) | ||
| + | :C. Those Who are Rebellious (107:17-22) | ||
| + | :D. Those in Danger (107:23-32) | ||
| + | III. God's Care for the Redeemed (107:33-42)<br/> | ||
| + | IV. Consider God's Lovingkindness (107:43) | ||
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| + | ==Study== | ||
| + | ===107:1 - Thankfulness for God's Lovingkindness=== | ||
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Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good,<br/> | Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good,<br/> | ||
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''Observation'' | ''Observation'' | ||
| + | * Why give thanks to God? Because He is good. | ||
| + | ** If we are to give thanks, it must be assumed that His goodness and lovingkindness are experienced by us. | ||
| + | * Not only is He good, but he is eternally and always good. | ||
| + | * He is eternally and always loving and kind. | ||
| + | * "The Lovingkindess of the Lord" is the main theme that runs throughout this psalm. It begins here in verse one and is nicely wrapped up in the last verse (43). | ||
| + | * Does this mean we will experience His lovingkindness forever? | ||
| + | ** Later verses would imply that those who call out to God experience His lovingkindness. | ||
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| + | ''Interpretation'' | ||
| + | * We experience God's lovingkindness and goodness. | ||
| + | ** In what ways? Answered in later verses | ||
| + | * God is always Good | ||
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| + | ''Application'' | ||
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| + | ===107:2 - Thankfulness of the Redeemed=== | ||
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| + | Let the redeemed of the LORD say ''so'',<br/> | ||
| + | Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary | ||
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| + | ''Observation'' | ||
| + | * The redeemed are the ones who are to give thanks to the Lord | ||
| + | * They are to give thanks for His goodness and everlasting lovingkindness. | ||
| + | * they are to give thanks because they will experience His goodness forever. | ||
| + | * Who are the redeemed? | ||
| + | ** Those who have been snatched out of the hand of the adversary | ||
| + | * Who is the adversary? | ||
| + | ** Adversary may be an abstract idea here rather than a person. | ||
| + | *** As an abstract idea it could be applied to a multitude of ideas as seen in the four descriptions in vv 10-32 | ||
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| + | ''Interpretation'' | ||
| + | * But what happens when we don't experience His lovingkindness? | ||
| + | ** Is it because we are not redeemed? | ||
| + | ** Is it because He is not good? | ||
| + | ** Do we need to alter our understanding of good? | ||
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| + | ''Application'' | ||
| + | * I need to be thankful for what God has saved me from. | ||
| + | * I need to be thankful for what He has saved me to. | ||
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| + | ===107:3 - === | ||
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| + | And gathered from the lands,<br/> | ||
| + | From the east and from the west,<br/> | ||
| + | From the north and from the south. | ||
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| + | ''Observation'' | ||
| + | * A further expansion upon the second versette of the previous verse | ||
| + | * God has saved us from the adversary, but He has also gathered us ("us" really being Israel) | ||
| + | ** Assumes that being dispersed is bad and being gathered is good | ||
| + | * Where are the people being athered to? | ||
| + | * When was this written? | ||
| + | ** At a time of dispersion? | ||
''Interpretation'' | ''Interpretation'' | ||
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Ps 107:4 ¶ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not fin a way to an inhabited city. | Ps 107:4 ¶ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not fin a way to an inhabited city. | ||
Ps 107:5 {They were} hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them. | Ps 107:5 {They were} hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them. | ||
Current revision as of 19:17, 29 January 2008
Contents |
Overview - The Lovingkindness of the Lord
Outline
I. God's Lovingkindness (107:1-3)
II. Discriptions of the Redeemed (107:4-32)
- A. Those Who Walk in the Wilderness (107:4-9)
- B. Those Who Dwelt in Darkness (107:10-16)
- C. Those Who are Rebellious (107:17-22)
- D. Those in Danger (107:23-32)
III. God's Care for the Redeemed (107:33-42)
IV. Consider God's Lovingkindness (107:43)
Study
107:1 - Thankfulness for God's Lovingkindness
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Observation
- Why give thanks to God? Because He is good.
- If we are to give thanks, it must be assumed that His goodness and lovingkindness are experienced by us.
- Not only is He good, but he is eternally and always good.
- He is eternally and always loving and kind.
- "The Lovingkindess of the Lord" is the main theme that runs throughout this psalm. It begins here in verse one and is nicely wrapped up in the last verse (43).
- Does this mean we will experience His lovingkindness forever?
- Later verses would imply that those who call out to God experience His lovingkindness.
Interpretation
- We experience God's lovingkindness and goodness.
- In what ways? Answered in later verses
- God is always Good
Application
107:2 - Thankfulness of the Redeemed
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary
Observation
- The redeemed are the ones who are to give thanks to the Lord
- They are to give thanks for His goodness and everlasting lovingkindness.
- they are to give thanks because they will experience His goodness forever.
- Who are the redeemed?
- Those who have been snatched out of the hand of the adversary
- Who is the adversary?
- Adversary may be an abstract idea here rather than a person.
- As an abstract idea it could be applied to a multitude of ideas as seen in the four descriptions in vv 10-32
- Adversary may be an abstract idea here rather than a person.
Interpretation
- But what happens when we don't experience His lovingkindness?
- Is it because we are not redeemed?
- Is it because He is not good?
- Do we need to alter our understanding of good?
Application
- I need to be thankful for what God has saved me from.
- I need to be thankful for what He has saved me to.
107:3 -
And gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.
Observation
- A further expansion upon the second versette of the previous verse
- God has saved us from the adversary, but He has also gathered us ("us" really being Israel)
- Assumes that being dispersed is bad and being gathered is good
- Where are the people being athered to?
- When was this written?
- At a time of dispersion?
Interpretation
Application
Ps 107:4 ¶ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not fin a way to an inhabited city.
Ps 107:5 {They were} hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them.
Ps 107:6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses.
Ps 107:7 He led them also by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city.
Ps 107:8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!
Ps 107:9 For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.
Ps 107:10 ¶ There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, risoners in misery and chains,
Ps 107:11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High.
Ps 107:12 Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help.
Ps 107:13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.
Ps 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart.
Ps 107:15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!
Ps 107:16 For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut bars of iron asunder.
Ps 107:17 ¶ Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their iniquiies, were afflicted.
Ps 107:18 Their soul abhorred all kinds of food, And they drew near to the gates of death.
Ps 107:19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.
Ps 107:20 He sent His word and healed them, And delivered {them} from their destructions.
Ps 107:21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!
Ps 107:22 Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing.
Ps 107:23 ¶ Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great watrs;
Ps 107:24 They have seen the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep.
Ps 107:25 For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves of the sea.
Ps 107:26 They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in {their} misery.
Ps 107:27 They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And were at their wits' end.
Ps 107:28 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.
Ps 107:29 He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed.
Ps 107:30 Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He guided them to their desired haven.
Ps 107:31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!
Ps 107:32 Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders.
Ps 107:33 ¶ He changes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thisty ground;
Ps 107:34 A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Ps 107:35 He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;
Ps 107:36 And there He makes the hungry to dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city,
Ps 107:37 And sow fields and plant vineyards, And gather a fruitful harvest.
Ps 107:38 Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease.
Ps 107:39 ¶ When they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, misery nd sorrow,
Ps 107:40 He pours contempt upon princes And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
Ps 107:41 But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes {his} families like a flock.
Ps 107:42 The upright see it and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.
Ps 107:43 Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things, And consider the lovingkindnesses of the LORD.
