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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 124. Psalm 107

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[¶0] PART FIFTH.

[¶1] 1 “Celebrate Jehovah, for he is good, “For to everlasting is his mercy.”

[¶2] 2 Say this let the redeemed of Jehovah, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the afflicter.

[¶3] 3 Whom he hath gathered from the lands, From the east, and from the west, From the north, and from the south.

[¶4] 4 They wandered from the way in the solitary desert; A city of habitation they found not:

[¶5] 5 Hungry, also thirsty, So that their soul within them fainted.

[¶6] 6 Then they cried to Jehovah in their distress, And from their troubles he delivered them.

[¶7] 7 And he directed them by a right way, That they might come to a city of habitation.

[¶8] 8 Let them celebrate before Jehovah his mercy, His marvelous works before the sons of men.

[¶9] 9 For he hath satisfied the soul that longeth, And the soul that is famished he hath filled with good.

[¶10] 10 Those who dwell in darkness, and in the shadow of death, Bound in affliction and iron;

[¶11] 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, And the counsel of the Most High they despised:

[¶12] 12 And he humbled with trouble their heart; They were afflicted and there was none to help them

[¶13] 13 They cried to Jehovah in their distress: From their troubles he delivered them.

[¶14] 14 He rescued them from darkness and the shadow of death, And their chains he broke asunder.

[¶15] 15 Let them celebrate before Jehovah his mercy, And his marvelous works before the sons of men.

[¶16] 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, And the bars of iron he hath shivered.

[¶17] 17 Fools on account of the way of their transgression; And on account of their iniquities are afflicted.

[¶18] 18 All food loathe doth their soul; And they approach the gates of death.

[¶19] 19 Then they cry to Jehovah in their trouble: From their straits he sayeth them.

[¶20] 20 He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And rescueth them from all their corruptions.

[¶21] 21 Let them celebrate before Jehovah his mercy, And his marvelous works before the sons of men.

[¶22] 22 And let them sacrifice sacrifices of praise, And announce his works with exultation.

[¶23] 23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, Trading in the great waters,

[¶24] 24 These men see the works of Jehovah, His wonders in the deep.

[¶25] 25 He speaketh and raiseth the wind of storm, And lifteth high the waves thereof.

[¶26] 26 They mount up to the heavens, They descend into the deeps; Their soul in their distress is melted away.

[¶27] 27 They are tossed and stagger as a drunken man, And all their skill is swallowed up.

[¶28] 28 And they cry to Jehovah in their distress, And from their troubles he bringeth them out.

[¶29] 29 He maketh the storm a calm, So that quiet are the waves thereof.

[¶30] 30 And they rejoice because they are stilled; And he leadeth them unto the haven of their desire.

[¶31] 31 Let them celebrate before Jehovah his mercy, And his wonders before the sons of men;

[¶32] 32 And let them exalt him in the congregation of the people, And in the assembly of the elders let them praise him.

[¶33] 33 He turneth rivers into a desert, And springs of water into dryness;

[¶34] 34 A land that is fruitful into saltness, For the wickedness of those who dwell therein.

[¶35] 35 He turneth the desert into a pool of water, And the land of barrenness into springs of water.

[¶36] 36 And there he causeth to dwell the famished, That they may prepare a city of habitation;

[¶37] 37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And eat the fruit of increase.

[¶38] 38 And he blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly; And their cattle he doth not diminish,.

[¶39] 39 Afterwards they are diminished and brought low, By reason of anguish, affliction, and sorrow.

[¶40] 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, And maketh them to wander in the waste where there is no path.

[¶41] 41 And he raiseth the afflicted from his misery, And maketh like a flock [his] families.

[¶42] 42 See shall the upright ones and shall rejoice: And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

[¶43] 43 Who is wise, and he will observe these things, And they shall understand the loving-kindness of Jehovah?