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PULPIT COMMENTARY, EDITED BY THE
VERY REV. H. D. M. SPENCE, D.D., DEAN OF GLOUCESTER;
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REV. JOSEPH S. EXELL, M.A.
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FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY LONDON AND NEW YORK 1907 'THE BOOK OF PSALMS,
BOOK V. EXPOSITION. ver. I. Whom he bath redeemed from the PSALM OVII. hand of the enemy; i.e. of Babylon. A BONG of tho.nksgiving, :first for deliver- Ver. 3.-And gathered them out of the s.nee from the Babylonish captivity (vers. lands (compare the prayer of Pa. cvi. 47; and 1-3), e.nd then for other deliverances (vers. for the expression, "the le.nds "--i.e. the foreign countries-see Ps. cvi. 27 ; Ezra ix. 4-32), passing into a general account of 1). From the east, and from the west, from God's providential dealings with mankind, the north, and from the south. The present both in the way of chastisement e.nd of Hebrew text has c;z;>, "from the sea"- loving-kindness, but especially the latter and so the LXX., a.1rli ea;1.clcrll"l1t-bnt it is (vers. 33-42). The composition closes with thonght that probably c;z;> is a corruption e. single gnomic reflection on the wisdom of of 1'1?~1? (Cheyne), whioh would mean "from pondering suoh matters as those brought the south." forward by the writer. Vera. 4-9.-The form is historical, but Formally, the psalm falls iuto seven the intention is to describe a recurrent divisions: (1) 11 thanksgiving for the return event. Men from time to time wander- from Babylon (vers. 1-3): (2) one for lose their way-either literally, or in the deliverance from the perils of travel (vers. wilderness of life, grow faint and weary, 4-9); (3) one for deliverance from prison and are ready to perish. But if they cry (vers. 10-16): (4) one for recovery from to God, God gives them aid, succours them, sickness (vers. 17-22): (5) one for esonpe saves them. Then let them praise. and from the perils of the sea (vers. 23-32): thank him. (6) e. general account of God's dealings with men (vers. 33---42): and (7) 11 commenda- Ver. 4.-They wandered in the wilderness tion of the entire subject to the considera• in a solitary way; they found no city to tion of God's people. Parts 2, 3, 4, and 5 d.well in. It is, perhaps, best to divide this verse as was done by the LXX., who at- are terminated by a refrain. tached 7,,, "way," to the latter clause. Ver, 1.-0 give thanks nnto the Lord, So Cheyne, who translates, "They wan• for he is good (comp. Pee. cvi. 1: cxviii. 1: dered in the wilderness, yea, in the desert ; on.xvi. 1). For his meroy endureth for they found no road to a oity of habitation." ever (see the comment on Pa. ovi. 1). So e.lso Rosenmiiller. Ver. 2.-Let the redeemed of the Lord Ver. 5.-HUllgry and thirsty, their soul eay so. "The retleemed of the Lord" in fainted in them. Either actual hunger e.nd this place are those whom the Lord he.a thirst, or dissatisfaction with life, may be just delivered out of exile and captivity intended. ( comp. Isa. xliv. 22-24: Ii. 11 ; J er. xxxi. Ver. 6.-Then they oried nnto the Lord in 11 ; Zeoh. x. 8, etc.). The writer calls on their trouble (comp. Ps. cvi. 44, and the them to give voice to the thanksgiving of comment ad loo.). And he delivered them PBALMB,-III, B 2 TIIE DOOK OF PSALMS. [re. ovn. 1-4.3.