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Remember the
following truth from our beloved Torah!
“Ye shall NOT ADD TO
THE WORD which I command you,
NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH FROM IT,
that ye may keep the commandments of יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֵיכֶם - the LORD your Eloleichem,
which I command you”. Davarim -
Deuteronomy 4:2.
However, sadly both the later priests as well as our rabbis of long ago and of today have, and are shamefully disobeying this command of אֱלֹהִים יְהוָה - the LORD Elohim, בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם קָדוֹשׁוֹ - ‘Baruch Shem Kadosho’ – ‘Blessed be His Holy Name!’
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With Rabbi, Dr. Reuven Ben Avraham-Goossens, PhD.
Introduction: The Great Gathering.
Psalm 107 opens Book V of the Psalter, serving
as a Divine answer to the plea for restoration that ended Psalm 106. While the
previous chapter focused on Israel’s failures, Psalm 107 shifts the focus
entirely to exploring its role as a powerful “hymn of
the redeemed”, celebrating אֱלֹהִים- Elohim’s intervention in the most desperate human circumstances. אֱלֹהִים- Elohim’s enduring mercy, His Hesed.
It calls upon those who have been gathered from the “four corners of the earth”
(east, west, north, and south) to give voice to their gratitude. Historically,
this resonates with the return from Babylonian exile, but it also speaks to
anyone who has been “redeemed from the hand of the adversary”.
Let us read Psalms Chapter 107: (JPS-1917 version of the Tanakh).
1 'O give
thanks unto יְהוָה - the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'
2 So let the redeemed of יְהוָה - the LORD say, whom He hath redeemed from the
hand of the adversary;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east
and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way;
they found no city of habitation.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried unto יְהוָה - the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered
them out of their distresses.
7 And He led them by a straight way,
that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Let them give thanks unto יְהוָה - the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful
works to the children of men!
9 For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the
hungry soul He hath filled with good.
10 Such as sat 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 humbled their heart with travail,
they stumbled, and there was none to help--
13 They cried unto יְהוָה - 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 broke their bands in sunder.
15 Let them give thanks
unto יְהוָה - the LORD for His mercy, 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.
17 Crazed because of the way of their transgression,
and afflicted because of their iniquities.
18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they
drew near unto the gates of death--
19 They cried unto יְהוָה - the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them
out of their distresses;
20 He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered
them from their graves.
21 Let them give thanks
unto יְהוָה - the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful
works to the children of men!
22 And let them offer the sacrifices of
thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing.
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do
business in great waters--
24 These saw the works of יְהוָה - the LORD, and His wonders in the deep;
25 For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves thereof;
26 They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to
the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;
27 They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a
drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up.
28 They cried unto יְהוָה - the LORD in their trouble, and He brought
them out of their distresses.
29 He made the storm a calm,
so that the waves thereof were still.
30 Then were they glad because they were quiet, and
He led them unto their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks
unto יְהוָה - the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful
works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the
people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders.
33 He turneth rivers into
a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;
34 A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness
of them that dwell therein.
35 He turneth a wilderness
into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.
36 And there He maketh the
hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;
37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which 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 dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt
upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the
waste, where there is no way.
41 Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.
42 The upright see it, and are glad; and all
iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
43 Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and
let them consider the mercies of יְהוָה - the LORD”.
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Summary of Psalm 107 - Four Portraits of Deliverance:
The heart of this Psalm is structured around
four vivid vignettes of human suffering and Divine rescue. Each follows a
repeating pattern: a desperate situation, a cry to יְהוָה - the
LORD, a miraculous deliverance, and a call to give thanks.
The Desert Wanderers (vv. 4-9): Those lost in “wilderness in a desert way”, ‘hungry’ and ‘thirsty’, find no home until they cry out. אֱלֹהִים - Elohim leads them by a “straight way” to a city of habitation, satisfying their longing souls with goodness.
The Prisoners in Darkness (vv. 10-16): Captives sitting in the “shadow of death”, bound by “affliction and iron” due to their own rebellion, find no other help. When they cry out, אֱלֹהִים shatters their “gates of brass” and “bars of iron”, leading them into the light.
The Sick and Afflicted (vv. 17-22): Referred to as “fools” because of their sinful ways, these individuals draw near to the “gates of death"” and cannot even bear the sight of food. אֱלֹהִים “sent His word and healed them”, delivering them from the very pit.
The Storm-Tossed Sailors (vv. 23-32): Those who “go down to the sea in ships” witness the power of the deep when a storm-wind makes the waves mount to heaven. At their "wit’s end," they cry to יְהוָה - the LORD; He hushes the storm to a whisper and guides them safely to their "desired haven".
The Psalm concludes (vv. 33-43) by emphasizing אֱלֹהִים - Elohim’s absolute sovereignty over nature and human fate, He turns fruitful lands into “salt waste” for wickedness, yet transforms parched deserts into “pools of water” for the needy.
Closing Message: The Wisdom of Observation.
The final verse (v. 43) offers a challenge: “Whoso is wise, let him observe
these things, and let them consider the mercies of יְהוָה - the LORD”. This Psalm teaches that no situation is too dark,
no desert too vast, and no storm too violent for אֱלֹהִים - Elohim’s reach. It invites us to look at our own lives as a "spatial
journey" from exile to restoration. The wise are those who do not merely
experience life but "observe" the patterns of אֱלֹהִים – Elohim’s intervention, allowing every deliverance to
become a permanent reason for praise.
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of hosts”. Mal’a’chi - Malachi 3:7. (JPS).
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אֲנִי
יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, בְּחֻקּוֹתַי
לֵכוּ; וְאֶת-מִשְׁפָּטַי
שִׁמְרוּ, וַעֲשׂוּ
אוֹתָם
וְאֶת-שַׁבְּתוֹתַי, קַדֵּשׁוּ; וְהָיוּ
לְאוֹת, בֵּינִי
וּבֵינֵיכֶם-לָדַעַת, כִּי
אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
“I am אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יְהוָה - the LORD your Eloheichem; walk
in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances,
and do them; and hallow My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and
you, that ye may know that I am אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יְהוָה
- the LORD your Eloheichem”. Yechezkel - Ezekiel 20:19-20. (JPS).
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Rabbi,
Dr. Reuven Ben Avraham-Goossens,
PhD.
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