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Psalms 107:3 open_in_new
Gathered — Into their own land.
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Psalms 107:4 open_in_new
No city — Or rather, no town inhabited, where they might refresh themselves.
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Psalms 107:6 open_in_new
The Lord — Heb. Unto Jehovah, to the true God. For the Heathens had, many of them, some knowledge of the true God.
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Psalms 107:7 open_in_new
Forth — Out of the wilderness.
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Psalms 107:10 open_in_new
Darkness — In dark prisons or dungeons.
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Psalms 107:12 open_in_new
Heart — The pride and obstinacy of their hearts. Fell — They fell into hopeless miseries.
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Psalms 107:17 open_in_new
Afflicted — With sickness.
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Psalms 107:20 open_in_new
Word — His command, or blessing.
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Psalms 107:32 open_in_new
Exalt him — In public assemblies, and before all persons, as they have opportunity. Elders — The magistrates or rulers; let them not be ashamed nor afraid to speak of God's wonderful works, before the greatest of men.
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Psalms 107:33 open_in_new
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 parched and barren wilderness.
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Psalms 107:34 open_in_new
For — He doth not inflict these judgments without cause, but for the punishment of sin in some, and the prevention of it in others.
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Psalms 107:35 open_in_new
Water — Into a well — watered and fruitful land.
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Psalms 107:36 open_in_new
Hungry — Poor people who could not provide for themselves.
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Psalms 107:39 open_in_new
They — These men, who when they are exalted by God, grow insolent and secure. Low — By God's just judgment.
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Psalms 107:40 open_in_new
Contempt — Renders them despicable. Wander — Banishes them from their own courts and kingdoms, and forces them to flee into desolate wildernesses for shelter.