“ He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. ”
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...
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., Psalms 107:31 f. by a refrain: v...
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...
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. He maketh the storm a calm - He causes the storm to stand dumb, and hushes the waves. See the original, where sense and sound emphatic...
He maketh the storm a calm— He maketh the storm to stand in silence. Mudge.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. He maketh the storm a calm - ( Matthew 8:26 .) Metaphorically, as here, Psalms 89:9 . So that the waves thereof are still...
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...
(23-32) Storm-tossed mariners.
Psalms 107:1-43 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:...
“His Wonders in the Deep” Psalms 107:17-32 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 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...
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...
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,...
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...
The Divine Goodness to Mariners. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 24 These...
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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 107:2-3 . But the Psal...
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; therefor...
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 dive...
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,...
EXPOSITION A SONG of thanksgiving, first for deliverance from the Babylonish captivity ( Psalms 107:1-19 ), and then for other deliverances ( Psalms 107:4-19 ), passing into a general account...
In the next section are set forth the perils of seafaring.
Jonah 1:15 ; Luke 8:23-25 ; Mark 4:39-41 ; Matthew 8:26 ; Psalms 65:7 ; Psalms 89:9