Psalm 107

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107 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

If only we knew how much we ought to give thanks to the Lord!!!  The word of the Lord is good.  God makes good on His Word, negatively or positively.  That is why we have the right to choose. Our destiny is our decision. We make choices and He provides mercy.  How good can it get?   His mercy is freely given and he has more than enough.  Jesus is our teacher, we are His students.  He gave us a pencil for taking notes.  The pencil is made of lead and eraser; the longer part of the pencil is the lead and the shorter part is the eraser.  This is so that we should be writing and using the mercy of the eraser to rid what we write down when we discover our answers did not match His.  When you think of the eraser, think of His mercy. 

² Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

Let the purchased ones talk about God and His goodness.

³ And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

God will bring people from all over the world to Him.  Every nation will have an opportunity to be a part of His plan!!

This song provides 4 scenarios. 

Disobedience

⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

⁶ Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 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.

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.

Bound

¹⁰ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

¹¹ Because they rebelled 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.

¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow 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 broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Sick

¹⁷ Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

¹⁸ Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; 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.

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 thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

^Distress

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.

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 man, and are at their wit's end.

²⁸ Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

²⁹ He maketh 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!

³² Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

God's Judgement

When God judges He uses what we do to make a decision.  His verdict is weighed by His instructions.   If we avoid His counsel, we suffer loss.  If we adhere to His counsel, we will gain.  It is His will for us to make the right decisions.  Not only does He want us to make the right decisions, but He also gives us multiple choices.

³³ He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

³⁴ A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

³⁵ He turneth the wilderness 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.

³⁸ He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

³⁹ Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

⁴⁰ He poureth contempt ( despise/ scorn) upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

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 wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

Anyone who will read and do what God advises in this Psalm as well as all that He says in other scriptures will have an understanding of the character of God.  We will comprehend His nature and His order of operation.