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Psalm 107:8-10
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 107:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness[a]
and for the wonders he does for people.
9 He has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things.
10 [b]Some sat in darkness and the shadow of death,[c]
bound in misery and in chains,
Footnotes
- Psalm 107:8 This refrain is repeated in verses 15, 21, 31. Kindness: see note on Ps 6:5. Wonders: see note on Ps 9:2 concerning God’s wonders.
- Psalm 107:10 The psalmist evokes God’s deliverance of his people from foreign bondage, especially in the return from the Exile (see Isa 43:5f; 49:12; Zec 8:7f). In addition, guilt, darkness, grinding toil, and the constriction of chains, gates, and bars are apt figures for the fallen state of human beings.
- Psalm 107:10 See Pss 105:18; 149:8; Isa 42:7; 49:9. The Exile was a chastisement (see Lev 26:41ff; Job 33:19; 36:8ff; Prov 3:12), announced by the Prophets. Shadow of death: see note on Ps 23:4.
