Parallel Verses English Standard Version and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. King James Bible And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. American Standard Version And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. Douay-Rheims Bible From the rising and the setting of the sun, from the north and from the sea. English Revised Version And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Webster's Bible Translation And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. Psalm 107:3 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe poet's range of vision here widens from the time of the judges to the history of the whole of the succeeding age down to the present; for the whole history of Israel has essentially the same fundamental character, viz., that Israel's unfaithfulness does not annul God's faithfulness. That verifies itself even now. That which Solomon in 1 Kings 8:50 prays for on behalf of his people when they may be betrayed into the hands of the enemy, has been fulfilled in the case of the dispersion of Israel in all countries (Psalm 107:3), Babylonia, Egypt, etc.: God has turned the hearts of their oppressors towards them. On ראה ב, to regard compassionately, cf. Genesis 29:32; 1 Samuel 1:11. בּצּר לחם belong together, as in Psalm 107:6, and frequently. רנּה is a cry of lamentation, as in 1 Kings 8:28 in Solomon's prayer at the dedication of the Temple. From this source comes Psalm 106:6, and also from this source Psalm 106:46, cf. 1 Kings 8:50 together with Nehemiah 1:11. In ויּנּחם the drawing back of the tone does not take place, as in Genesis 24:67. חסדו beside כּרב is not pointed by the Kerמ חסדּו, as in Psalm 5:8; Psalm 69:14, but as in Lamentations 3:32, according to Psalm 106:7, Isaiah 63:7, חסדו: in accordance with the fulness (riches) of His manifold mercy or loving-kindness. The expression in Psalm 106:46 is like Genesis 43:14. Although the condition of the poet's fellow-countrymen in the dispersion may have been tolerable in itself, yet this involuntary scattering of the members of the nation is always a state of punishment. The poet prays in Psalm 106:47 that God may be pleased to put an end to this. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge gathered south. Heb. sea Cross References Deuteronomy 30:3 then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. Nehemiah 1:9 but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.' Psalm 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. Isaiah 11:12 He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Isaiah 43:5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. Isaiah 43:6 I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, Isaiah 56:8 The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, "I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered." Jump to Previous Countries East Gathered Lands Making North Sea South Together WestJump to Next Countries East Gathered Lands Making North Sea South Together WestLinks Psalm 107:3 NIVPsalm 107:3 NLT Psalm 107:3 ESV Psalm 107:3 NASB Psalm 107:3 KJV Psalm 107:3 Bible Apps Psalm 107:3 Biblia Paralela Psalm 107:3 Chinese Bible Psalm 107:3 French Bible Psalm 107:3 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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