PSALMS LESSON 109
We will begin this lesson by giving the 107th Psalm in metre.
THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE
Chapter 107
Verse 1 "O praise the Lord, for he is good; His mercies lasting be.
Let God's redeemed say so, whom he From pow'r of foes set
free. "
Verse 2 "He gathered them from all the hands, From north, south, east
and west. They strayed in desert's pathless way, No city
found to rest. "
Verse 3 "Their weary soul within them faints, When thirst and hunger
press; In trouble then they cry to God, He frees them from
distress."
Verse 4 "Them also in a way to walk That right is he doth guide,
That they may to a city go, Wherein they may abide. "
Verse 5 "O that men to the˙Lord would give praise for his goodness
then, And for his works of wonder done Unto the sons of men!"
Verse 6 "For he the soul that longing is doth fully satisfy; With
goodness he the hungry soul Doth fill abundantly:"
Verse 7 "Such as shut up in darkness deep, And in death's shade
abide, Whom strongly hath affection bound, And irons fast
have tied:"
Verse 8 "Because against the words of God They wrought rebelliously,
And they the counsel did contemn Of him that is Most High. "
Verse 9 "Their heart with sorrow he brought down, In trouble then
they cried to God, He them from straits did save. "
Verse 10 "He out of darkness did them bring, And from death's shade
them take: The bands, wherewith they had been bound, He did
asunder break."
Verse 11 "O that men to the Lord would give Praise for his goodness
then, And for this works of wonder done Unto the sons of
men!"
Verse 12 "Because the mighty gates of brass In pieces he did tear; By
him in sunder also cut The bars of iron were."
Verse 13 "Fools, for their sin, and their offence, Do sore affliction
bear; All kind of meat their soul abhors; They to death's
gates draw near."
Verse 14 "In grief they cry to God; he saves Them from their miseries.
He sends his word, them heals, and them From their
destruction frees. "
Verse 15 "O that men to the Lord would give Praise for his goodness
then, And for his works of wonder done Unto the sons of men!"
Verse 16 "And let them sacrifice to him Off'rings of thankfulness: And
let them show abroad his works In songs of joyfulness. "
Verse 17 "To those who go to sea in ships, And in great waters trade,
Jehovah's works and wonders great Are in the deep displayed."
Verse 18 "For he commands, and forth in haste The stormy tempest
flies, Which makes the sea with rolling waves Aloft to swell
and rise. "
Verse 19 "They mount to heav'n, then to the depths Their soul doth
faint and melt away With trouble and with pain. "
Verse 20 "They reel and stagger like one drunk, They are at their
wit's end; Then they to God in trouble cry, And he relief
doth send."
Verse 21 "The storm is changed into a calm At his command and will;
And so the waves which raged before, Now quiet are and still.
Verse 22 "Then they are glad, because at rest And quiet now they be:
So to the haven he them brings, Which they desired to see."
Verse 23 "O that men to the Lord would give Praise for his goodness
then, And for his works of wonder done Unto the sons of men!"
Verse 24 "Among the people when they meet, Let them exalt his name;
Among assembled elders too, In song advance his fame. "
Verse 25 "He to dry land turns water-springs, And floods to
wilderness; For sins of those that dwell therein, Fat land to
barrenness. "
Verse 26 "He into deserts dry and parched The standing water brings;
And grounds which dry and barren were He turns to water-
springs."
Verse 27 "And there, for dwelling, he a place Doth to the hungry give,
That they a city; may prepare, Where they in peace may live."
Verse 28 "There sow they fields, and vineyards plant, To yield fruits
of increase; His blessing makes them multiply, Lets not their
beasts decrease. "
Verse 29 "Again they much diminished are, And brought to low estate,
Through sorrow and affliction sore, And by oppression great."
Verse 30 "He on the princes pours contempt, He causes them to stray,
And wander in a wilderness, In which there is no way. "
Verse 31 "Yet setteth he the poor on high, From all his miseries; And
be, in number like a flock, Doth make him families. "
Verse 32 "They who are righteous shall rejoice, When they the same
shall see; And, as confounded, stop her mouth Shall all
iniquity."
Verse 33 "Whoso is wise, and will these things Observe, and them
record, Ev'n they shall understand the love, And kindness of
the Lord. "
We will now begin the verse by verse study of the 107th Chapter
of Psalms. Psalms 107:1 "O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is]
good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever."
This is not just a song of this penman, but of all of the
redeemed. It seems so small to just praise Him, but in all reality
that is the only thing we can do. I love the statement {his mercy
endureth forever}. In the last few lessons, we have seen the
longsuffering of God. We have seen that over and over He forgave His
people and showed mercy unto them. What a consolation to know that His
mercy goes on and on forever. There is only one good, and that is God.
Psalms 107:2 "Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath
redeemed from the hand of the enemy;"
The redeemed from Egypt were the children of Israel. I believe
this goes much farther than that, and reaches to all Christians. One
of the most important things to do, is to profess Jesus with your
mouth from a heart that believes. We have been redeemed from this
sinful world. We have been redeemed from sin and death. How could we
not shout it from the housetops? I Peter 1:18 "Forasmuch as ye know
that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and
gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your
fathers;" I Peter 1:19 "But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a
lamb without blemish and without spot:"
Psalms 107:3 "And gathered them out of the lands, from the east,
and from the west, from the north, and from the south."
What a promise that the believers of all nations shall be
gathered unto Him! This has several meanings. It, also, means that the
Jews will be gathered to their homeland from all over the world. Even
greater than that, will be the day when we are all gathered in Him.
Psalms 107:4 "They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way;
they found no city to dwell in."
This, perhaps, is speaking of their wandering in the wilderness,
but in all of these lessons, we have been trying to apply each
Scripture to our present day. In this, I see a wilderness of sin. The
person caught up in sin is wandering with no special destination. They
are so blinded by the cares of this world, they would not be able to
see the road even if it is there. Each person feels as if they are an
island unto themselves. They really are. God will help them one at a
time. They just need the Light of Jesus shined on their path and then
they will be able to see the way. Abraham wandered like this, looking
for a city whose maker was God. There is no resting place in this dry
and barren land we call the earth. We, like Abraham, must look for a
city whose maker is God.
Psalms 107:5 "Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them."
I do not believe this to be physical hunger and thirst. Jesus
told the woman at the well, if she drank of the water He gave her, she
would never thirst again. This hunger is for the Word of God. The Word
is many times depicted as water, and as food, or bread. When you feed
upon the Word, it satisfies your soul.
Psalms 107:6 "Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble,
[and] he delivered them out of their distresses."
When we get to the end of ourselves, then we cry out to God in
earnest. He hears our prayer and answers us. Jesus is the Deliverer.
Psalms 107:7 "And he led them forth by the right way, that they
might go to a city of habitation."
There are two ways a person can go. The wrong way is the wide
path that leads to destruction. The right way is the straight and
narrow path. That broad path of destruction is dark and full of
problems and pitfalls. The right path that is narrow is well lit up
with the Light of Jesus. On that path it will be easy to see the way,
if we keep our eye on the Light [Jesus].
Psalms 107:8 "Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his
goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!"
Those who have been delivered, whether from physical bondage or
spiritual bondage, should praise Him without ceasing. Greater love
hath no man than He lay down His life for His friends. Jesus called us
friends. He gave His life on the cross that we might be saved. His 6
hours of work on the cross was the greatest work ever done for
mankind. It was all done for the children of men, that they might
become the sons of God.
Psalms 107:9 "For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the
hungry soul with goodness."
There is a longing in the soul of all mankind. This longing can
not be filled with anything except the Lord. I have heard many people
say, that they searched and searched to fill the void in their life.
Many of them became very famous and rich people, but it did not fill
that void, until they received Jesus into their life. He fills that
hungry longing soul. He fills it and makes their life whole.
Psalms 107:10 "Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of
death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;"
This does not necesarrily mean that the iron was a physical chain
of iron that had them bound. Sin can bind you stronger than any chain
you can find. The only way to do away with darkness, is shine the
Light of Jesus on it. II Peter 1:19 "We have also a more sure word of
prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that
shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in
your hearts:" We are doomed to death and hell, until we receive Jesus
and let the day Star shine in our life.
Psalms 107:11 "Because they rebelled against the words of God,
and contemned the counsel of the most High:"
Rebellion, throughout the Bible, has been likened unto
witchcraft. To rebel against the Words of God is even worse. God's
Words are absolute truth. This would be, then, to rebel against the
truth and believe a lie. God's counsel to mankind is in His Word. This
would be the very thing that could cause terrible problems in a
person's life. The Bible is our roadmap to guide us through life to
our home in heaven. To not use the map, would mean that we would be
lost all the way. God has a perfect plan for your life, the same as He
has a perfect plan for each person's life. To take any other way would
be less than perfect. Children in the Old Testament, who rebelled
against their parents, were stoned to death.
Psalms 107:12 "Therefore he brought down their heart with labour;
they fell down, and [there was] none to help."
To not accept the Lord would leave a person in a terrible fix.
There would be no where to go for help.
Psalms 107:13 "Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble,
[and] he saved them out of their distresses."
The wonderful thing about God, is that He will allow us to cry
unto Him, even if we have rejected Him in the past. When an earnest
cry comes unto the Lord, He hears and helps. It is strange, but most
people do not cry out unto the Lord, until they are at the end of
being able to get out of the mess by themselves. This is a cry of
desperation. God always hears this kind of prayer. He not only hears,
but answers. He is really our only help.
Psalms 107:14 "He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of
death, and brake their bands in sunder."
They were bound in sin. Sin leaves a person bound up with guilt
and a dreading of that day of reckoning which comes to us all. When
God lifts us out of this darkness, He breaks these chains of sin and
sets us free. The wages of sin is death. Jesus brings life when He
takes our sin and gives us His righteousness.
Psalms 107:15 "Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his
goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!"
There is no better reason to praise Him than the fact that He set
you free. Praise Ye the Lord. Let everything that has breath praise
the Lord. Praise Him for His goodness, praise Him for His love Praise
Him for His sacrifice for us, Praise Him for His mighty miracles,
praise Him, for He is Truth, Praise Him, for He is Love. Praise Him,
because there is no greater to praise. Praise Him, for He inhabits
your praises.
Psalms 107:16 "For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the
bars of iron in sunder."
Brass symbolizes judgement. Jesus said that he had come to set
the captives free. There is no prison that He cannot free you from.
Psalms 107:17 "Fools because of their transgression, and because
of their iniquities, are afflicted."
Only a fool would say, there is no God. Fools commit one sin and
add another to it. They soon are weighed down with sin and affliction
becomes their daily companion. If you drink day in and day out, you
will become a drunkard. This is just one of the minor afflictions that
come from habitual sin.
Psalms 107:18 "Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they
draw near unto the gates of death."
Sin can make a person so sick that they will be sick unto death.
Sickness of the heart and soul are worse than sickness of the body.
Questions 109
1. Quote Psalms chapter 107 verse 1.
2. Who should be the ones doing the praising?
3. Let the redeemed of the Lord ____ __.
4. Who were the redeemed from Egypt?
5. Quote 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 18.
6. What redeems the Christian?
7. Who are included in the redemption?
8. What is the wilderness the author wants us to see in verse 4?
9. How can they find the path they need to be on?
10. What was Abraham looking for in his wanderings?
11. What kind of hunger and thirst is verse 5 speaking of?
12. What is food for the believer?
13. When they cried out to God, what did God do?
14. Describe the two paths that we can take in life.
15. What did these children of men become, when they accepted Jesus as
Saviour?
16. How long was Jesus on the cross?
17. He fills the hungry soul with __________.
18. Who is the day Star?
19. They rebelled against the ______ of God.
20. What is rebellion likened to in the Bible?
21. What was the fate of a rebellious child?
22. When do people generally cry out to God?
23. The wages of sin is ______.
24. Who should praise the Lord?
25. What does brass symbolize?
26. Only a _____ could say, there is no God.
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