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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 107
Israel to praise and thank the Lord when they are gathered and r
edeemed—Oh that men would praise the Lord!—The Lord's providences
prevail in the lives of men.
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1 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 aredeemed 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.
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4 They awandered in the
bwilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell
in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they acried unto the
LORD in their btrouble, 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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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 adarkness
and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
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11 Because they arebelled
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.
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14 He brought them out of darkness and the
ashadow 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 abroken the
gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
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17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of
ameat; 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.
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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 sacrifices of
athanksgiving, and declare his works with
brejoicing.
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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.
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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 aman, and are at their wits' end.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
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29 He amaketh 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!
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32 Let them exalt him also in the
acongregation of the people, and praise him in the
assembly of the eldersa.
33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the
awickedness of them that dwell therein.
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32a the assembly of the elders
The 'church structure' is not always clear in the Old Testament but there
certainly was one. Apart for the congregation of the people was the 'assembly
of the elders'. This was the 'ruling' body of the church and they have a
great many civil powers according to the Law of Moses. In the days of the
kings, the king held certain powers is true, but all that had to do with
'religion', even the more carnal and social of nature of the Law of Moses
rules were applied, judged, enforced and carried out by the 'elders of the
church' or as called in the time of Jesus the Sanhedrin. That since the days
of Moses 70 such elders made up this governing body is to be seen from Moses
even down to Christ. And it was this group of Israel's 'princes' the sarim
of the church, with whom Laban of the Book of Mormon had been out among as its
officiating law officer, the Sarim's captain of the fifty enforcing officers
of the elders of the church, the rulers the chosen from the princes of Israel
to so administer the affairs of the Law of Moses and the church which was the
state religion.
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35 He turneth the
awilderness 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.
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38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 Again, they are aminished
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.
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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 awise,
and will observe these things, even they shall understand the
lovingkindness of the LORD.
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