Ps 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
Ps 107:10-16
Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom,
prisoners suffering in iron chains,
for they had rebelled against the words of God
and despised the counsel of the Most High.
So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom
and broke away their chains.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,
for he breaks down gates of bronze
and cuts through bars of iron.
This Psalm is filled with little short stories (anecdotes) about how people mope and complain about a bad situation and they finally turn to God and he rescues them. Then they give him thanks.
I think that this is still continuing but we fail to thank him at the end... I think there is a pandemic of spiritual apathy and amnesia. We seem to not care about God and keep forgetting to honor him first and focus on the first commandment "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength." Since we take our eyes off of him crap happens. Then we finally cry out for God to intervene.
Read that passage again with this view point...
Ps 107:10-16
Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom,
prisoners suffering in iron chains,
for they had rebelled against the words of God
and despised the counsel of the Most High.
So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom
and broke away their chains.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,
for he breaks down gates of bronze
and cuts through bars of iron.
Now do this:
Ps 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
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