Изъяснение псалма 107-го.

Ps.107:1. Song. Psalm of David. "Song of Psalm to David." And this psalm also foretells the return of the Jews and predicts the salvation of the pagans; It has great affinity with the fifty-sixth and fifty-ninth psalms. Ps.107:2. My heart is ready, O God, [my heart is ready]; I will sing and make praise in my glory. “My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I ​​will sing and sing in my glory.” We have already said before that the Prophet calls prophetic grace his “glory.” Taking advantage of the sweet singing of prophecy, he says, I will tell You, Master, that my heart is wide and ready to receive Your Divine grace. Ps.107:3. Arise, psaltery and harp! I'll get up early. Ps.107:4. I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing praises to You among the nations. “Arise my glory, arise the psaltery and the harp: I will arise early.” “Let us confess to You among the people, Lord, I sing to You in the midst of the nations.” The Prophet calls himself a psalter and a harp: because the grace of the Spirit, like a musical instrument, spoke to them the prophetic sweet singing. Therefore, having aroused himself to the song of the Master, he begins to speak again, and makes a promise that this will happen early; because he will not be the only one to lift up the song then, but with the tens of pagans and nations there will be to proclaim the Divine song. The word “early” indicates the incarnation of our God and Savior; because with His incarnation the light of truth shone, and in the whole universe, through the lips of all people, blessed David sang and hymned God’s blessings. Ps.107:5. For Thy mercy is above the heavens, and Thy truth is unto the clouds. “For Thy mercy is great above the heavens, and Thy truth unto the clouds.” The greatness of Your mercy exceeds the vaults of heaven; The rays of Your truth have penetrated everywhere. And we have already said that David calls the Prophets, Apostles and those worthy of the grace of teaching “clouds”; because they, like some clouds, bring spiritual irrigation to people; From them we learned true dogmas. Ps.107:6. Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be over all the earth. “Ascend into heaven, O God, and Thy glory be throughout all the earth.” Blessed Habakkuk also said this: “The heavens have covered His virtue, and the earth is filled with His praises” (Hab. 3:3). Blessed David also said this in the eighth psalm: “O Lord our Lord, for Your name is wonderful throughout all the earth, for Your splendor is taken above the heavens” (Psalm 8:2). Therefore, “be exalted” means: show yourself exalted, above all, and let the whole earth know your glory. Ps.107:7. So that Your beloved may be delivered: save with Your right hand and hear me. “So that Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and hear me.” The salvation of those who are worthy of Your assimilation will show all people Your power. Therefore, accept my prayer, and stretch out Your right hand. The Prophet calls good effectiveness “Right”. Ps.107:8. God said in His sanctuary: I will triumph, I will divide Shechem and measure the valley of Succoth. “God spoke in His Holy One,” that is, by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit. “I will ascend and divide Sikima, and measure out the abundance of the villages.” What the Prophet asked for was done. Afterwards he said: “God ascend into heaven”; then the Master answers, saying: “I will ascend”; then he shows the method: “I will divide Sikima”; and this is the city primarily given to Joseph. But I will also “fill” the former desert, in which there were booths of shepherds, with inhabitants as before, and I will make sure that it will be divided among those who return. Ps.107:9. Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, Ephraim is the fortress of my head, Judah is my scepter. “Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the intercession of my head: Judah is my king.” Not only Manasseh, but also his country, I will appropriate for myself. For Gilead is the name of a place, and Manasseh is the name of a tribe. But I will also return Ephraim to his former power; I will also make Judah reign over all the tribes; because, upon returning from captivity, the tribes remained undivided, but Zerubbabel ruled over both. And in its own and true sense, the Lord Christ, descended from Judas in the flesh, reigns over all creation. Ps.107:10. Moab is my washbasin, I will stretch out my boot on Edom, I will shout over the land of the Philistines.” “Moab is the bond of my hope: on Idumea I will lay my boot: the foreign women have submitted to me.” I will give my people such strength that they will prevail over foreigners and will accept the Moabites and Edomites as subjects. But we explained this in more detail in Psalm fifty-nine. Ps.107:11. Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom? Ps.107:12. Is it not You, O God, Who has rejected us and who do not go out, O God, with our armies? “Who will lead me into the city of enclosure? or who will guide me to Edom? “Are you not the God who has rejected us?” The prophet, having predicted these blessings, being filled with delight, wants to see both the devastated city united and the Edomites enslaved by the Jews. But this, he says, no one else is able to grant except You alone, Who has now rejected us and commanded us to be in slavery. “And God will not go forth in our strength? “And Symmachus translated this: and You, O God, did not precede us in our armies; because we have never been defeated, as soon as You were the leader and led the army. Ps.107:13. Give us help in cramped conditions, for human defense is vanity. “Give us help from sorrow: and human salvation is in vain.” Therefore, stop sorrows, and give Thy help; because it is not possible to get this from anywhere else; all human assistance, without Your assistance, is vain and useless. Ps.107:14. With God we will show strength: He will overthrow our enemies. About “We will create strength in God: and He will destroy our enemies.” Therefore, we call on Your providence; With only Your providence for us, we will be able to overcome those who are hostile to us. You might be interested in: