“ He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; ”
He turneth rivers into a wilderness - He makes great changes in the earth; he shows that he has absolute dominion over it. See the notes at Isaiah 44:26-27 . On the word “wilderness,” see the no...
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...
33. He turneth rivers into a wilderness Here then is an account of changes which it would be the height of folly to attribute to chance. Fruitful lands become unfruitful, and barren lands as...
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; He turneth rivers into a wilderness - After having, as above, illustrated the state of the Jews in their captivity, and the...
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...
The change in character and style of the psalm at this point is so marked as to suggest an addition by another hand. It is not only that the artistic form is dropped, and the series of vivid pictures...
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:...
the “Loving-Kindnesses of the Lord” Psalms 107:33-43 The measure changes here. From Psalms 107:33 the psalmist drops the refrain and describes, not deliverance from peril or pain, but the sud...
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...
From the wonders of redeeming grace upon the mighty waters, the Psalmist makes a transition to the dry and barren land of the wilderness, whence he takes occasion to set forth another striking repres...
He turneth rivers into a wilderness ,.... A country abounding with rivers, as the country round about Sodom and the land of Canaan were, Genesis 13:10 . Such an one is sometimes, by the just judgme...
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; Ver. 33. He turneth rivers into a wilderness ] Hitherto the psalmist hath set forth God's good providence in delivering m...
He turneth rivers Land watered with rivers; into a wilderness Into dry ground, as it follows, like a parched and barren wilderness, that has not moisture enough to produce any thing valuable; a...
Wonders of Divine Providence. 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; 34 A frui...
Rivers; either, 1. Properly so called; which he can divert or dry up when he pleaseth, as sometimes he hath done. Or rather, 2. Those grounds which are well watered, and therefore very fruitful...
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 107:33-34 . He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Hearken unto this, ye...
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...
He turneth rivers into a wilderness. God’s management of man upon the earth I. It involves great revolutions. 1. In the secular department ( Psalms 107:33-38 ). Sodom’s fertile soil was smit...
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...
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, the earth's productiveness being changed to sterility by His withholding the sources of fertility, and the water-springs into dry ground;
1 Kings 17:1-7 ; 1 Kings 18:5 ; Amos 4:7 ; Amos 4:8 ; Ezekiel 30:12 ; Isaiah 13:19-21 ; Isaiah 19:5-10 ; Isaiah 34:10 ; Isaiah 34:9 ; Isaiah 42:15 ; Isaiah 44:27 ; Isaiah 50:2 ; Jeremiah...
Rivers — Those grounds which are well watered, and therefore fruitful. And so the water — springs, here, and the standing water, Psalms 107:35 are taken. Into — Into a dry ground, which is like a...