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Psalms 107:2
2Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.
Psalms 107:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
- New International Version (NIV)Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
Context of Psalms 107:2
1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies. 3For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south. 4Some wandered in the wilderness, lost and homeless.
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:2 word by word
יֹ֭אמְרוּ גְּאוּלֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר גְּ֝אָלָ֗ם מִיַּד־צָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 107:2
- Psalms 31:5I entrust my spirit into your hand. Rescue me, Lord, for you are a faithful God.
- Psalms 130:8He himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin.
- Exodus 15:16terror and dread fall upon them. The power of your arm makes them lifeless as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people you purchased pass by.
- Deuteronomy 15:15Remember that you were once slaves in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you! That is why I am giving you this command.
- Isaiah 35:9Lions will not lurk along its course, nor any other ferocious beasts. There will be no other dangers. Only the redeemed will walk on it.
- Isaiah 43:1But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.
- Isaiah 44:22I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.”
- Luke 1:68“Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people.
- Luke 24:21We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel. This all happened three days ago.
- Galatians 3:13But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- 1 Peter 1:18For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.
- Psalms 106:10So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.
- Deuteronomy 7:8Rather, it was simply that the Lord loves you, and he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the Lord rescued you with such a strong hand from your slavery and from the oppressive hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 15:21Yes, I will certainly keep you safe from these wicked men. I will rescue you from their cruel hands.”
- Jeremiah 31:11For the Lord has redeemed Israel from those too strong for them.
- Micah 4:10Writhe and groan like a woman in labor, you people of Jerusalem, for now you must leave this city to live in the open country. You will soon be sent in exile to distant Babylon. But the Lord will rescue you there; he will redeem you from the grip of your enemies.
Commentaries on Psalms 107:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Let the redeemed of the Lord say so - For they have had the fullest proof of this goodness, in being saved by the continuing stream of his mercy.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Let the redeemed of the Lord say so - They are especially qualified to say so; they have special occasion to say so; they can and will appreciate this trait in his character. The word rendered “redeemed” here - from גאל gā'al - means “delivered, rescued,” without reference to any price paid for the deliverance. It refers here not to a ransom from “sin,” but to deliverance from “danger.” The probable allusion is to the deliverance from the captivity in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The redeemed might be all who came out of exile.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-431-2. This call for thankful praise is the burden or chorus (compare Psa 107:8, 15, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 107
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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