(Psalms 107–150)
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.
from east and west,
from north and south.a
lost and homeless.
they nearly died.
and he rescued them from their distress.
to a city where they could live.
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
and fills the hungry with good things.
imprisoned in iron chains of misery.
scorning the counsel of the Most High.
they fell, and no one was there to help them.
and he saved them from their distress.
he snapped their chains.
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
he cut apart their bars of iron.
and suffered for their sins.
and they were knocking on death’s door.
and he saved them from their distress.
snatching them from the door of death.
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.
plying the trade routes of the world.
his impressive works on the deepest seas.
stirring up the waves.
and plunged again to the depths;
the sailors cringed in terror.
and were at their wits’ end.
and he saved them from their distress.
and stilled the waves.
as he brought them safely into harbor!
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
and before the leaders of the nation.
and springs of water into dry, thirsty land.
because of the wickedness of those who live there.
the dry land into springs of water.
and to build their cities.
and harvest their bumper crops.
They raise large families there,
and their herds of livestock increase.
through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.
and increases their families like flocks of sheep.
while the wicked are struck silent.
they will see in our history the faithful love 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.