Psalms 107:1-43

107:1-43 | The entire message of this psalm conveys what God has done for His children and how lovingly He has dealt with them. God withholds what is deserved (punishment) and gives what is not deserved (mercy and grace).

107:4-9 | The wanderers here represent those lost in a desert of loneliness, routine futility, and affluence that never satisfies. They search without hope and without help, unable to find their way home.

107:10-16 | People are like prisoners, trapped in the dungeon of their own moral folly, victimized by their own evil doings. They started out with freedom of choice, but they continued to choose the wrong thing until finally their ability to choose was taken away. Yet there is hope for those who cry out to the Lord for deliverance from this bondage.

107:17-22 | These are people who, because of their own sin, fell into sickness and were close to death. God healed their bodies and delivered their souls so they could give thanks.

107:23-32 | The storm encompasses many of the unexpected and severe things that happen in life. The deep waters are often where the Lord’s business is done.

107:25 | He indicates God. God does not cause all the storms in a person’s life – on occasion, the storms are a result of a person’s own making. But there are times when God brings storms into people’s lives for His glory and their eternal good (Rom. 8:28).

107:28 | The only way to be helped in a helpless situation is to rely on someone stronger who has a remedy for the situation. That someone is God.

107:30 | The Lord does not just take His people out of the storm; He takes them where they need to go.