Psalms 107:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Isai...

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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., Psa...

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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. Fru...

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; He turneth rivers into a wilderness - After having, as above, illustrated...

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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. T...

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

General instances of God's kindness in various districts. Some suggest that this is a later addition to the Ps. It has great likenesses to Job and Is...

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the “Loving-Kindnesses of the Lord” Psalms 107:33-43 The measure changes here. From Psalms 107:33 the psalmist drops the refrain and describe...

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 t...

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...

John Trapp Complete Commentary

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; Ver. 33. He turneth rivers into a wilderness ] Hitherto the psalmist ha...

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wonders of Divine Providence.       33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness,...

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 w...

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Many expositors are of opinion that this Psalm was written to celebrate the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile. This opinion...

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 107:33-34 . He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness o...

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 mu...

The Biblical Illustrator

He turneth rivers into a wilderness. God’s management of man upon the earth I. It involves great revolutions. 1. In the secular department (...

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A SONG of thanksgiving, first for deliverance from the Babylonish captivity ( Psalms 107:1-19 ), and then for other deliverances (...

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, the earth's productiveness being changed to sterility by His withholding the sources of fertility, and the wate...

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A further section describes the life of the tillers of the soil when they are deprived of the needed moisture in their fields, as well as when they r...

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Rivers — Those grounds which are well watered, and therefore fruitful. And so the water — springs, here, and the standing water, Psalms 107:35 ar...