Psalms 107:3

And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

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WEBBE

and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

BSB

and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

KJV

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

ASV

And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

BBE

Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

Original Hebrew

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וּמֵאֲרָצוֹת u·me·'a·ra·tzot and from [the] lands H776 קִבְּצָם ki·be·tzam he has gathered them H6908 מִמִּזְרָח mi·miz·rach from east H4217 וּמִמַּעֲרָב u·mi·ma·'a·rav and from west H4628 מִצָּפוֹן mi·tza·fon from north H6828 וּמִיָּם u·mi·yam and from [the] sea H3220

The early church

Let them be expressed exactly who they are, for whom this Psalm would be sung. "He gathered them from the lands;" these might still be the lands of Egypt, for there are many lands even in one province. Let him speak openly. "From the east and the west, from the north and the sea" (ver. 3). Now then we understand these redeemed, in the whole circle of the earth. This people of God, freed from a great and broad Egypt, is led, as through the Red Sea, that in Baptism it may make an end of its enemies. For by the sacrament as it were of the Red Sea, that is by Baptism consecrated with the Blood of Christ, the pursuing Egyptians, the sins, are washed away. ..."But all these things happened to them in a figure, and were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come." ...

Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Expositions on the Psalms

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–9

In these verses there is reference to the deliverance from Egypt, and perhaps that from Babylon: but the circumstances of travellers in those countries are also noted. It is scarcely possible to conceive the horrors suffered by the hapless traveller, when crossing the trackless sands, exposed to the burning rays of the sum. The words describe their case whom the Lord has redeemed from the bondage of Satan; who pass through the world as a dangerous and dreary wilderness, often ready to faint through troubles, fears, and temptations. Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, after God, and communion with him, shall be filled with the goodness of his house, both in grace and glory.

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Spurgeon · Verse 3

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. Gathering follows upon redeeming. The captives of old were restored to their own land from every quarter of the earth, and even from beyond the sea; for the word translated south is really the sea. No matter what divides, the Lord will gather his own into one body, and first on earth by "one Lord, one faith, and one baptism", and then in heaven by one common bliss they shall be known to be the one people of the One God. What a glorious Shepherd must, he be who thus collects the blood bought flock from the remotest regions, guides them through countless perils, and at last makes them to lie down in the green pastures of Paradise. Some have wandered one way and some another they have all left Immanuel's land and strayed as far as they could, and great are the grace and power by which they are all collected into one flock by the Lord Jesus. With one heart and voice let the redeemed praise the Lord who gathers them into one.

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Cross-references

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.