Psalms 107:24

These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
see	רָ֭אוּ Ra.'u	H7200	to see · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
works	מַעֲשֵׂ֣י ma.'a.Sei	H4639	an action (good or bad) · noun, common masculine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
wonders	וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו ve.nif.le.'o.Tav	H6381	properly · conjunction + verb, niphal active participle, feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
deep	בִּמְצוּלָֽה bim.tzu.Lah	H4688	a deep place (of water or mud) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
Job 38:8-11 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Psalms 104:24-27 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:23-32

The psalmist here calls upon those to give glory to God who are delivered from dangers at sea. Though the Israelites dealt not much in merchandise, yet their neighbours the Tyrians and Zidonians did, and for them perhaps this part of the psalm was especially calculated. I. Much of the power of God appears at all times in the sea, Psa 107:23, Psa 107:24. It appears to those that go down to the sea in ships, as mariners, merchants, fishermen, or passengers, that do business in great waters. And surely none will expose themselves there but those that have business (among all Solomon's pleasant things we do not read of any pleasure-boat he had), but those that go on business, lawful business, ma…

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John Gill on Psalms 107:24

These see the works of the Lord,.... In creation, the sea itself, its flux and reflux; the creatures in it, fishes of various forms and sizes: and in providence, in preserving ships and men in the most imminent danger, and even to a miracle; sometimes causing the wind to change or to subside in a moment, whereby deliverance is wrought. And his wonders in the deep; the strange and wonderful creatures that are in the deep waters of the sea, and to be seen nowhere else; and the amazing appearances of divine providence, in delivering when in the greatest distress, and none at hand to help, and all hope of salvation gone.

John Calvin on Psalms 107:23-32

Psalm 107:23-32 23. They [280] that go down to the sea in ships, trading in the great waters, 24. See the works of Jehovah, his wonders in the deep. 25. He speaks, and raiseth the stormy wind, and causeth the billows thereof to mount on high. 26. They mount up to the heavens, they descend into the deeps; their soul breaketh because of trouble. 27. They are tossed and totter like a drunken man, and all their senses are overwhelmed. [281] And they cry to Jehovah in their straits, [282] and he rescues them from their troubles. 29. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 30. And they rejoice because they are calmed; and he brings them to the coast which they desired. 31…

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The Church Fathers

They then who do their business on mighty waters, "they have seen the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep" [Psalm 107:24]. For what is deeper than human hearts? Hence often break forth winds; storms of sedition, and dissensions, disturb the ship. And what is done in them? God, willing that both they who steer, and they who are conveyed, should cry unto Him, "He spoke, and the breath of the storm stood" [Psalm 107:25]. What is, stood? Abode, continued, still disturbs, long tosses; rages, and passes not away. "For He spoke, and the breath of the storm stood." And what did that breath of the storm?
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 107

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Chastisement · FROM GOD — FROM GOD
Commerce · General references — General references
Mariners (Sailors) · Perils of — Perils of
Sea, The · Called the: Deep — Called the: Deep

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 107:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:23-32

John Gill on Psalms 107:24

John Calvin on Psalms 107:23-32

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 107:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:23-32

John Gill on Psalms 107:24

John Calvin on Psalms 107:23-32

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 107:23-32

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 107:23-32

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 107:24