Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio Psalm 107: Praise ☧ Who Redeems North, South, East, and West
Rev. David Boisclair, pastor of Faith and Bethesda Lutheran Churches in North St. Louis County, Missouri, joins host Rev. AJ Espinosa to study Psalm 107.
“Hallelujah! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” With these words, Psalm 107 introduces the fifth and final collection of psalms from 107 to 150. No other section of psalms contains so many hallelujahs and exhortations to praise.
North, south, east, and west: mountains, wilderness, sunrise, and seashore. With the Babylonian invasion, God’s people were scattered all over, but in Psalm 107, each and every group has experienced God’s faithfulness. Parts of this psalm appear very prominently in the New Testament, especially in the Lord’s Beatitudes and Mary’s Magnificat. Jesus ☧ is the Redeemer who ties together all God’s people, feeding the “hungry and thirsty,” proclaiming liberty for the captives “in the shadow of death,” and making “the storm be still” through the power of His Word.