The LORD Delivers Men from Manifold Troubles.
1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.
They did not find a way to an inhabited city.
Their soul fainted within them.
He delivered them out of their distresses.
To go to an inhabited city.
And for His wonders to the sons of men!
And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.
Prisoners in misery and chains,
And spurned the counsel of the Most High.
They stumbled and there was none to help.
He saved them out of their distresses.
And broke their bands apart.
And for His wonders to the sons of men!
And cut bars of iron asunder.
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
And they drew near to the gates of death.
He saved them out of their distresses.
And delivered them from their destructions.
And for His wonders to the sons of men!
And tell of His works with joyful singing.
Who do business on great waters;
And His wonders in the deep.
Which lifted up the waves of the sea.
Their soul melted away in their misery.
And were at their wits’ end.
And He brought them out of their distresses.
So that the waves of the sea were hushed.
So He guided them to their desired haven.
And for His wonders to the sons of men!
And praise Him at the seat of the elders.
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
And a dry land into springs of water;
So that they may establish an inhabited city,
And gather a fruitful harvest.
And He does not let their cattle decrease.
Through oppression, misery and sorrow,
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
And makes his families like a flock.
But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.
And consider the lovingkindnesses of the LORD.
Толкование Далласской семинарии
Толкование Псалма 107
Вводная надпись соответствует в русском тексте стиху 1. Перед нами торжественная Песнь хвалы Господу, написанная по случаю одержания Давидом военной победы и в полной уверенности в поражении врагов Божиих в будущем. Царь был убежден, что Бог иудеев, подчинив им, или, что тоже самое, Себе (стихи 8−10), «племена и народы», будет «превознесен… всею землею». Ради осуществления этого Давид просит, чтобы Господь Сам руководил Своим народом в его сражениях с язычниками.
Стихи 2−6 почти идентичны стихам 8−12 в Пс 56, а стихи 7−14 звучат так же, как стихи 7−14 в Пс 59. Смотрите соответствующие толкования на псалмы 56 и 59. Не вызывает сомнения, что две части из двух разных псалмов (Пс 56 и 59) были соединены здесь (Пс 107) в одно поэтическое произведение с какой-то литургической целью.