The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 107:1-43

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EXPOSITION

A SONG of thanksgiving, first for deliverance from the Babylonish captivity (Psalms 107:1-3), and then for other deliverances (Psalms 107:4-32), passing into a general account of God's providential dealings with mankind, both in the way of chastisement and of loving-kindness, but especially the latter (Psalms 107:33-42). The composition closes with a single gnomic reflection on the wisdom of pondering such matters as those brought forward by the writer.

Formally, the psalm falls into seven divisions:

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