Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalm 107 is one of three psalms recording Israel's history, and it is to be studied to appreciate God's goodness, mercy, and love. It pictures people sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron. Their hearts were brought down by labor until they fell down with no one to help.
Their bondage came because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. When they cried to the Lord in their trouble, He saved them out of their distresses. He did this by bringing them out of darkness and the shadow of death and breaking their bands in sunder. He broke gates of brass and cut bars of iron in sunder, satisfied the longing soul, filled the hungry soul with goodness, and sent His word to heal them and deliver them from destruction.
The verse describes what happened in Nineveh after Jonah warned the city, when people long trapped in darkness and affliction cried to the Lord and were saved from their distress. Even though the predicted overthrow did not come to pass, the warning was still from God, the commission was fulfilled and accomplished the purpose God designed, revealing the glory of His grace among the heathen. His goodness and His wonderful works to the children of men, shown in such loving-kindness, call for praise to the Lord.
Psalm 107 is one of three psalms recording Israel's history, and it is to be studied to appreciate God's goodness, mercy, and love. It pictures people sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron. Their hearts were brought down by labor until they fell down with no one to help.
Their bondage came because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. When they cried to the Lord in their trouble, He saved them out of their distresses. He did this by bringing them out of darkness and the shadow of death and breaking their bands in sunder. He broke gates of brass and cut bars of iron in sunder, satisfied the longing soul, filled the hungry soul with goodness, and sent His word to heal them and deliver them from destruction.
The verse describes what happened in Nineveh after Jonah warned the city, when people long trapped in darkness and affliction cried to the Lord and were saved from their distress. Even though the predicted overthrow did not come to pass, the warning was still from God, the commission was fulfilled and accomplished the purpose God designed, revealing the glory of His grace among the heathen. His goodness and His wonderful works to the children of men, shown in such loving-kindness, call for praise to the Lord.