Psalms 107 · John Wesley
Gathered - Into their own land.
No city - Or rather, no town inhabited, where they might refresh themselves.
The Lord - Heb. Unto Jehovah, to the true God. For the Heathens had, many of them, some knowledge of the true God.
Darkness - In dark prisons or dungeons.
Heart - The pride and obstinacy of their hearts. Fell - They fell into hopeless miseries.
Word - His command, or blessing.
Exalt him - In public assemblies, and before all persons, as they have opportunity. Elders - The magistrates or rulers; let them not be ashamed nor afraid to speak of God's wonderful works, before the greatest of men.
Rivers - Those grounds which are well watered, and therefore fruitful. And so the water - springs, here, and the standing water, ver.35 are taken. Into - Into a dry ground, which is like a parched and barren wilderness.
For - He doth not inflict these judgments without cause, but for the punishment of sin in some, and the prevention of it in others.
Water - Into a well - watered and fruitful land.
Hungry - Poor people who could not provide for themselves.
They - These men, who when they are exalted by God, grow insolent and secure. Low - By God's just judgment.
Contempt - Renders them despicable. Wander - Banishes them from their own courts and kingdoms, and forces them to flee into desolate wildernesses for shelter.