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The 105th Psalm is not described as a Psalm of
David, but (like the 96th) a portion of it forms a part
of David's song of Praise when the ark was brought to
Jerusalem. * (See notes on Psalms lxxxi. and xcvi. )
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* I. Chron. , ch. xvi.
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PSALM CVI.
Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the
Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endureth
for ever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of
the Lord? who can show forth all His praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that
doeth righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O
Lord, with the favour that Thou bearest unto Thy
people: O visit me with Thy salvation; 5 That I
may see the good of Thy chosen, that I may rejoice
in the gladness of Thy nation, that I may glory with
Thine inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have
committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 7 Our
fathers understood not Thy wonders in Egypt; they
remembered not the multitude of Thy mercies; but
provoked Him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake,
that He might make His mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried
up: so He led them through the depths, as through
the wilderness. 10 And He saved them from the
hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them
from the hand of the enemy. 11 And the waters
covered their enemies: there was not one of them
left. 12 Then believed they His words; they sang
His praise. 13 They soon forgat His works; they
waited not for His counsel: 14 But lusted exceed-
ingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the
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. CVI. desert. 15 And He gave them their request; but
sent leanness into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and
Aaron the saint of the Lord. 17 The earth opened
and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company
of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their
company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the
molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory
into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. 21
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great
things in Egypt; 22 Wondrous works in the land
of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. 23
Therefore He said that he would destroy them, had
not Moses His chosen stood before him in the
breach, to turn away His wrath, lest He should
destroy them.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they
believed not His word: 25 But murmured in their
tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
26 Therefore He lifted up his hand against them, to
overthrow them in the wilderness: 27 To overthrow
their seed also among the nations, and to scatter
them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 29 Thus they
provoked Him to anger with their inventions: and
the plague brake in upon them. 30 Then stood up
Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague
was stayed. 31 And that was counted unto him for
righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
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:nsaan n&n'i Drjyj? nbyn 30 :ngas
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. CVI. 32 They provoked anger also at the waters of
Meribah so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake
unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning
whom the Lord commanded them: 35 But were
mingled among the heathen, and learned their
works. 36 And they served their idols: which were
a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their
sons and their daughters unto idols. 38 And shed
innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of
their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols
of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled
against His people, insomuch that He abhorred His
own inheritance. 41 And He gave them into the
hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled
over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
and they were brought into subjection under their
hand.
43 Many times did He deliver them; but they
provoked Him with their counsel, and were brought
low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless He regarded
their affliction when He heard their cry: 45 And
He remembered for them His covenant, and repented
according to the multitude of His mercies. 46 He
made them also to be pitied of all those that carried
them captives.
47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from
among the heathen, to give thanks unto Thy holy
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p8. CVI. name, and to triumph in Thy praise. 48 Blessed be
the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to ever-
lasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye
the Lord.
mote on The 106th Psalm opens with a song of praise
IPs. CVI.
and thanks, and recalls the high privilege God
conferred on the Israelites in making them His
chosen messengers. Continuing the theme of the
105th Psalm--the history of the Messenger Race--
the Psalmist laments the way in which the Israelites
were many times faithless to their great mission,
and records God's merciful forgiveness towards
them whenever they were truly sorry for their
evil-doings.
PSALM CVII.
O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good:
for His mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He
hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And
gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and
from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary
way; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry
and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they
cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He
delivered them out of their distresses. 7 And He
led them forth by the right way, that they might go
to a city of habitation.
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125 I P^JOT? ti^tf 1 nin! TO 48>>8-CVI-
The impressive lesson so tersely taught in verse 15 mote on
comes home to us all, " He gave them their request, P8,
but sent leanness into their souls. " If we covet that
which we have not, instead of thankfully making the
best of what we have--the attainment of our desires
will never bring into our souls the full and serene
happiness that is the lot of those who in their times
of trial have never lost faith in the perfect justice
and mercy of God.
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. CVII. 8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for His
goodness, and for His wonderful works to the
children of men!
9 For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth
the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit
in darkness and in the shadow of death, being
bound in affliction and iron; n Because they
rebelled against the words of God, and contemned
the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore
He brought down their heart with labour; they
fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then
they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and
He saved them out of their distresses. 14 He
brought them out of darkness and the shadow of
death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise the Lord for His
goodness, and for His wonderful works to the
children of men!
16 For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut
the bars of iron in sunder. 17 Fools because of their
transgression, and because of their iniquities, are
afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of
meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,
and He saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He
sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them
from their destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for His
goodness, and for His wonderful works to the
children of men! 22 And let them sacrifice the
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. CVII. sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works
in joyous song.
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do
business in great waters; 24 These see the works
of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. 25 For
He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which
lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to
the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their
soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to
and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at
their wit's end. 28 Then they cry unto the Lord
in their trouble, and He bringeth them out of their
distresses. 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that
the waves thereof are still. 30 Then are they glad
because they be quiet; so He bringeth them unto
their desired haven.
31 Oh that men would praise the Lord for His
goodness, and for His wonderful works to the
children of men!
32 Let them exalt Him also in the congregation
of the people, and praise Him in the assembly of the
elders. 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and
the watersprings into dry ground; 34 A fruitful land
into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that
dwell therein. 35 He turneth the wilderness into a
standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36 And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, that
they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And
sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield
fruits of increase. 38 He blesseth them also, so
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IPs. CVII. that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not
their cattle to decrease.
39 Again, they are minished and brought low
through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 40 He
poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them
to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 Yet setteth He the poor on high from affliction,
and maketh him families like a flock. 42 The
righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity
shall stop her mouth. 43 Whoso is wise, and giveth
heed to these things, even they shall understand the
lovingkindness of the Lord.
mote on The opening verse gives the theme of the whole:
IPs. CV1J. << o give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for
His mercy endureth for ever. "
The closing verse states with impressive simplicity
the moral of the whole Psalm: they who learn to
understand "these things " (i. e. , our dependence on
God throughout our lives) learn to understand His
infinite mercy to us.
For Older Children. --The 107th Psalm breathes the
noblest universalism, in its vivid picture of the benefi-
cent Spirit that rules the whole world, in its passionate
invocation to all mankind to see and understand the
Divine Power, the Divine justice and the Divine
mercy. There is no trace of the idea of a specially
favoured nation in the lofty and philosophic thought
presented in the six graphic word-pictures of the
poem. The chorus verse is a fervid and yet simple
appeal to the minds and hearts of all mankind.
The rest of the poem is divided into six stanzas,
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tojttjn 39 ? & dnonM ikd >><<. era.
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and a chorus verse which is repeated after each of the mote on
first four stanzas: "O that men would praise the IPs. CVII.
Lord for His mercy, and His wonderful works to the
children of men. " The chorus verse is the answering
refrain to the opening verse, and emphasizes the con-
nection of that verse with each successive stanza.
The English version, beautiful as it is, does not quite
convey the echoing effect of the Hebrew.
Opening verse:
Chorus verse:
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The first two words of each are the same, the
differing first letters of the first word merely being
the difference between the second and third person of
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