Thursday 14 April 2016

He satisfies the longing soul (Notes from Psalm 107)

Description of God:
                    He is good, His mercy endures forever.(:1)Wonderful (:8)
                     
Deeds of God:
                  He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
                  And gathered out of the lands (:2,3)
                  He delivered them out of their distresses.
                  And He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city for a dwelling place. (:6,7)
                 He satisfies the longing soul,
                 and fills the hungry soul with goodness.(:9)
                 He brought down their heart with labor;
                 They fell down, and there was none to help.(:12)
                 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
                 and broke their chains in pieces.:(14)
                 He has broken the gates of bronze,
                 And cut the bars of iron in two. (:16)
                 He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.(:20)          
                 He commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea. (:25)
                 He calms the storm,so that its waves are still.
                 He guides them to their desired haven. (:29,30)    
                 He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
                 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
                 He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into watersprings.
                 There He makes the hungry dwell, that they may establish a city for a dwelling place,
                 And sow fields and plant vineyards, that they may yield a fruitful harvest.
                 He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; and He does not let their cattle decrease.
                 When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow,
                  He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
                  Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, and makes their families like a flock. (:33-41)
                 
               
Failures of Israelites :
                 Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
                 Bound in affliction and irons—
                 Because they rebelled against the words of God,
                 And despised the counsel of the Most High, (:10,11)
                 Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
                Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near to the gates of death. (:17,18)

Godly practices:
               give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!(:1)
               Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
               and declare His works with rejoicing. (:22)
               Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people,
               and praise Him in the company of the elders. (:32)
               The righteous see it  (deeds of God) and rejoice,
               Whoever is wise will observe these things,
               and they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. (:43)


               
                 

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